From: Will Ford

From: Will Ford To: undisclosed-recipients:; Bcc: ' < Subject: Mar 6th tidbits & quotes Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:40:44 +0000 "There is still no cure for the common birthday." - John Glenn "Use your time." - Robert Herrick "If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of." - Bruce Lee DNA stands for Deoxyribonucleic Acid. "We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves." - George Matthew Adams "...I thought, If you could walk around like that all the time, to really have that awareness that it's actually going to end. That's the trick." - George Saunders, on life http://nyti.ms/Rttmok • Total debt among young adults dropped in the last decade to the lowest level in 15 years. • A typical young U.S. household—defined as one led by someone under age 35—had $15,000 in total debt in 2010, down from $18,000 in 2001 and the lowest since 1995 (Source — PEW) • 22% didn't have any debt at all in 2010—the most since government tracking began in 1983. • Italy's debt jumped in 2012 to 127% of GDP from 120.8% from 2011. That's the highest since 1924. • Beer sales grew 1.4% in the US in '12, the first increase in 4 years, although ABlnbev expects beer demand in the U.S. to be soft during 1Q due to tough weather comparisons and the drag from delayed tax refunds and higher payroll taxes / gasoline prices. "You can do whatever you want with your life, but one day you'll know what love truly is. It's the sour and the sweet. And I know sour, which allows me to appreciate the sweet." - Brian, Vanilla Sky "My name is Lester Burnham. This is my neighborhood; this is my street; this is my life. I am 42 years old; in less than a year I will be dead. Of course I don't know that yet, and in a way, I am dead already." - Lester Burnham, American Beauty Pro hockey, baseball and basketball all use the best-of-5 or best-of-7 series formats in their playoffs. But according to Leonard Mlodinow in The Drunkard's Walk, even between teams that aren't very evenly matched, these series are too brief to truly determine which is the better team. In order to reach statistical significance (meaning the weaker team would be expected to win less than 5% of the time) between poorly matched teams, a series would require 23 games. Between evenly matched teams, a series would require as many as 269 games. "It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing and there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. Right? And this bag was just dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. That's the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember... I need to remember... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it, and my heart is just going to cave in." - Ricky Fitts, American Beauty "Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with those who are reckless with yours." - Mary Schmich, Wear Sunscreen EFTA00394122 "Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around." - Sofia, Vanilla Sky EFTA00394123