Of course no one can be expected to make correct prophecies all the time.
The problem is that many of these prejudices start to act as self-fulfilling prophecies.
The pact, he said, enhanced the euro's permanence "contrary to all the negative prophecies".
However, Israel now seems to have noticed the danger that its prophecies might become self-fulfilling.
Moreover, Mr Breivik's prophecies of conquest by multiplying is confounded by rapidly falling immigrant birth rates.
His hyperventilating prophecies of world financial collapse and international Jewish conspiracies are ignored in most of America.
The specter of deflation has spread from their prophecies to the public square.
This being gold, the resurgence has brought forth all manner of alarming prophecies.
Remember, however, that such post-dinner delights usually contain nothing more than vague prophecies.
Astrologers, who use dates and times and the movement of the planets to make their prophecies, are especially annoyed.
We're not much into prophecies, but one about more stunning images like this is one we could get behind.
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It is that they actively try to fulfil their own apocalyptic prophecies in the hope of speeding up Christ's return.
Though the book is still packed with prescience, most of it reads 13 years later like a litany of gimmicky prophecies.
Unmindful of such dark prophecies, the state government has moved determinedly ahead inviting bids to construct the second part of the freeway.
And, the authors point out, there is the possibility of self-fulfilling prophecies.
Both bolster their prophecies of doom with plodding travelogue from developing countries.
More alarming may be the self-fulfilling prophecies that this skepticism cultivates.
To that extent, ministers deserve some sympathy for having bowed to the fears of the security advisers who constantly bend their ears with prophecies of doom.
These doleful prophecies, coupled with his very public loathing of monetarism, earned him no friends in government and the grant for his forecasting group at Cambridge was abruptly stopped in 1982.
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Lighten up, you might say Maya end-times prophecies are harmless.
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Observers also say the torrent of North Korean prophecies of doom and efforts to raise war hysteria are partly to boost the image and military credentials of young leader Kim Jong Un.
Investors love to fulfill their own prophecies.
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Whether he was truly able to make prophecies remains open to doubt, but no reader can come away from Mr Radzinsky's biography without a powerful impression of the charm and charisma of the semi-literate bearded peasant from Siberia.
The conversations were marked by phrases like "Internet time" and "customer-centric, " but fascinating as they were, no single peril emerged as the next Y2K. Instead, the experts veered from wild blue-sky prophecies to practical predictions of a more granular nature.
Even after earnest effort, adults could still get lost among the wands and swords, the lockets, diadems, rings, and whatnot, but the endless, flowing talk of curses, potions, prophecies, and destinies was gibberish so confident and good-humored that it was impossible to ridicule.
I'm surprised by figures, forecasts, predictions and prophecies all showing a rosy outlook for 3D TV beginning as early as this year, because I've seen most of the 3D offerings available and I have no plans to buy -- not now and not anytime soon.
If the reader is looking for a change of pace, it can always be found, shifting from the psalms, to the apocalyptic visions of Daniel, the spiritual journey of Job, the pithy proverbs, the novella of Joseph and his brothers, the diverse prophecies, lamentations, the farcical Esther, the Song of Songs, the (quite different) Song of Deborah, the tales of Samson, et cetera, etc.
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