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more useful information than the w... RICHARD COBDEN Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank. RICHARD BRANSON I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it is much more interesting to live n... RICHARD FEYNMAN I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I ... RICHARD FEYNMAN Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when a... RICHARD LAMM