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> [One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is happening already.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-porter/one-of-the-soundest-rules-to-remember-when-making-forecasts-in-the/)

[Sylvia Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-porter/)

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> [“We used to think God made us in His image, and that meant we were special, until science told us we just evolved that way because it suited a landscape of trees and savannas. That's what science does: it says,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-roberts/we-used-to-think-god-made-us-in-his-image-and-that-meant-we-were/)

[Adam Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-roberts/)

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