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In “Aiming High – A Race Against the Limits,” directors Flavio Gerber and Alun Meyerhans chronicle the ambitious effort to establish a new downhill classic at the base of the Matterhorn. The ...
Goodhart's law is an adage often stated as, "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure". [1] It is named after British economist Charles Goodhart, who is credited with expressing the core idea of the adage in a 1975 article on monetary policy in the United Kingdom: [2]
This quote is often attributed to the Latin philosopher Boethius of the late fifth and early sixth centuries. It translates literally as, "If you had been silent, you would have remained a philosopher." The phrase illustrates a common use of the subjunctive verb mood. si vales valeo (SVV) if you are well, I am well (abbr)
You Can Make a Difference. Word Books. 1984. ISBN 9780849929793. It's Friday, But Sunday's Comin'. Word Books. 1984. ISBN 9780849903694. We Have Met the Enemy, and They are Partly Right. Jarrell. 1985. ISBN 9780849903687. Seven Deadly Sins. Victor Books. 1987. ISBN 9780896935334. Who Switched the Price Tags?. Thomas Nelson. 1987. ISBN ...
The belief that failure is critical to entrepreneurial growth has become overblown to the point of romanticism, Hunt says, noting that many of the celebrity entrepreneurs who wear failure as a ...
Murphy's law [a] is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.".. Though similar statements and concepts have been made over the course of history, the law itself was coined by, and named after, American aerospace engineer Edward A. Murphy Jr.; its exact origins are debated, but it is generally agreed it originated from Murphy and his team ...
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference is a book by climate activist Greta Thunberg. It was originally published on 30 May 2019. It was originally published on 30 May 2019. It consists of a collection of eleven speeches which she has written and presented about global warming and the climate crisis .
Live to fight another day (This saying comes from an English proverbial rhyme, "He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day") Loose lips sink ships; Look before you leap; Love is blind – The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II, Scene 1 (1591) Love of money is the root of all evil [16] Love makes the world go around