If you're a pessimist and chances are you are you should read "Future Perfect" by the technophilic science writer Steven Johnson.
The same way we are not perfect and our future mate probably will not be perfect either.
As any Israeli will tell you, Israel is not a perfect place, but like the United States it sets an example for all when it seeks a more perfect future.
Not only is it not too late to save for the future, it may be the perfect moment to begin.
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And as to number fudging, there are ways to provide the public with an independent cross-check but there is no perfect predictor of the future.
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Norwich-born Neil Swain helped Firth perfect the stammer that the future monarch battles in the film.
" One general believes this shock to soldiers might haunt Wahid in the future: "This is the perfect condition for political intrigue.
And nobody has a perfect crystal ball into the future.
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As human behavior and weather cycles have not changed much for hundreds of years, the odds of a continuation of past trends are a good, but not perfect, guide to the future.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. inspired a nation and challenged future generations to constantly strive for a more perfect union.
In his remarks, the Vice President applauded the incredible contributions Hispanic Americans have made to build a more perfect union and looked to the future.
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They have more than 50, 000 films, more than 20 million subscribers, they are shifting more and more people over to streaming, and for all of the doom talk about their future the method to the supposed madness makes perfect sense and in the long term is going to keep the company alive and at the lead of the streaming content providers.
I've talked to Russian analysts who say if you think about this five, ten, fifteen years into the future, they fear that the United States will perfect this technology - it's unperfected so far - and put more missile interceptors either in eastern Europe, Poland or on ships not far from Russia, and that ultimately - the Russians say - they fear that this could challenge their nuclear deterrent.
That is because in a perfect market the price is right and the future utterly uncertain.
It was clear to us, once we understood how entrepreneurs approach uncertainty, that this was the perfect way of preparing for an uncertain economic future.
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"With interest rates negative in real terms, the chancellor has the perfect opportunity to invest in Britain's future, rather than raiding departmental budgets to cover his failed economic strategy, " said its general secretary Frances O'Grady.
While we acknowledge that investors do not have perfect foresight with regard to which companies will grow in the future, we cannot think of a better group from which to crowdsource the vote.
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When we take the Federal Reserve position of lowering interest rates, we have the perfect storm for runaway inflation and much higher metal prices in the future.
Berlin's aim is to perfect the monetary union by ensuring countries adhere to rules designed to prevent future crises by addressing what are seen as the causes of the current one: government overspending and excessive risk-taking by banks.
But for our two nations, for the United States and Brazil, two nations who have struggled over many generations to perfect our own democracies, the United States and Brazil know that the future of the Arab World will be determined by its people.
Obviously, not all future U.S. courses can be built on sandy, dune-like landscapes perfect for hosting golf.
New Orleans, a city that knows how to keep its secrets, is a perfect setting for an equally secretive industry to plot its next steps in a future that seems far from certain.
While current President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been a less-than-perfect ally in the fight against AQAP, some U.S. officials worry about the future of cooperation there if he steps down.
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