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Events
The same thing happened today that happened yesterday, only to different people.
Walter Winchell
(1897 – 1972) broadcast journalist & gossip columnist
People
Time
Events
Today
The longer ahead you plan a special event, and the more special it is, the more likely it is to go wrong.
(F)law of Long-Range Planning
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Events
Planning
At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last.
Breda’s Rule
Murphy’s Laws
People
Aisles
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Seats
Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.
Historian's Rule
Murphy’s Laws
Situations
Time
Events
Historians
Inevitability
Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened.
Enoch Arnold Bennett
1867 – 1931) English novelist
Beliefs
Situations
Events
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
History
Time
Events