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Once bitten, twice shy; One good turn deserves another; One half of the world does not know how the other half lives; One hand washes the other; One kind word can warm three winter months; One man's meat is another man's poison; One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter; One man's trash is another man's treasure
For example, Judge Richard Posner once remarked that falsus in uno was a "discredited doctrine" based on "primitive psychology". This assertion was not made in relation to fraudulent documentation or a "material" inconsistency; rather, it was based on what the court characterizes as "innocent mistakes, trivial inconsistencies, and harmless ...
Segal's law is an adage that states: A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure. [1] At surface level, the adage emphasizes the consistency that arises when information comes from a single source and points out the potential pitfalls of having too much conflicting information.
Obama paused and smiled, seemingly aware of the mistake. He then retook the oath the following day out of an "abundance of caution" -- inviting Roberts to the White House the next day.
One Man's Trash is Trey Anastasio's first solo album apart from Phish, recorded in the Fungus Factory or in The Barn between 1997 and 1998 during breaks of touring and recording with Phish. The release includes early experimental noise explorations, some of which were reincarnated later into his second album, Trey Anastasio , released in 2002.
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 ...
"I'm telling you there's an enemy that would like to attack America, Americans, again. There just is. That's the reality of the world. And I wish him all the very best." – Washington, D.C., January 12, 2009. [30] "Well, I mean that a defeat in Iraq will embolden the enemy and will provide the enemy—more opportunity to train, plan, to attack us.
Disagree and commit is a management principle that individuals are allowed to disagree while a decision is being made, but that once a decision has been made, everybody must commit to implementing the decision. Disagree and commit is a method of avoiding the consensus trap, in which the lack of consensus leads to inaction.