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  2. List of sundial mottos - Wikipedia

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    Self-dependent power can time defy, as rocks resist the billows and the sky. [3] [4] Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away. [4] [5] Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow [6] When I am gone, mark not the passing of the hours, but just that love lives on. The Concern of the Rich and the Poor [7] Time Takes All But Memories [8]

  3. Goodhart's law - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Time perception - Wikipedia

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    This means that time appears to pass in proportion to the square root of the perceiver's real age, rather than directly proportional. Under this model, a 55-year-old would subjectively experience time passing ⁠2 + 1 / 4 ⁠ times more quickly than an 11-year-old, rather than five times under the previous. This means the following periods in ...

  5. Social norm - Wikipedia

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    In the field of social psychology, the roles of norms are emphasized—which can guide behavior in a certain situation or environment as "mental representations of appropriate behavior". [41] It has been shown that normative messages can promote pro-social behavior , including decreasing alcohol use, [ 42 ] increasing voter turnout, [ 43 ] and ...

  6. Waking up early - Wikipedia

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    There is a book entitled "'Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise', or, Early Rising: A Natural, Social, and Religious Duty" [8] by Anna Laetitia Waring from 1855, sometimes misattributed to Franklin. "The early bird gets the worm" is a proverb that suggests that getting up early will lead to success during the day.

  7. 10 Best Chocolate Quotes of All Time

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    We've rounded up the 10 best quotes about chocolate—share these with a friend, but we won't tell if you indulge all by yourself! Check out the slideshow above for the 10 best quotes about chocolate.

  8. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    One who prescribes, rules on, or is a recognized authority on matters of social behavior and taste. Said of Petronius. Sometimes found in the singular as arbiter elegantiae ("judge of taste"). arcana imperii: the secrets of power: Originally used by Tacitus to refer to the state secrets and unaccountable acts of the Roman imperial government

  9. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    The shift is taking place under the watch of Dr. Andrew Kolodny, who took over as Phoenix House’s chief medical officer a little more than a year ago. From 2003 to 2006, Kolodny worked for New York City’s health department, during which time he sought to increase access to buprenorphine as a way to reduce overdose deaths.