tea leaves
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The human mind is a wanton storyteller and even more, a profligate seeker after pattern. We see faces in clouds and tortillas, fortunes in tea leaves and planetary movements. It is quite difficult to prove a real pattern as distinct from a superficial illusion.
They pay little attention to what we say and prefer to read tea leaves.
Remember, when you don't know what to do, it never hurts to play Scrabble. It's like reading the I Ching or tea leaves.
I'm not in the business of reading tea leaves. I don't have a crystal ball.
I think Syria is often covered by phone. You have to talk to activists. You have to try to read the tea leaves. You have to talk to government officials. It's remote-control reporting in a way.
My grandmother was this amazing woman in the Dominican Republic who used to read tea leaves and palms. She would cure people in her neighborhood by going into her garden, plucking a couple of leaves, and brewing teas.