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12-07-2018, 10:59 PM #4391
'If enough data is collected, statistics can prove anything.'
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
- Oscar Wilde
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12-07-2018, 11:17 PM #4392Senior Member
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47.3% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
- no idea where I heard that, but I added the decimal to be more convincing.
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12-07-2018, 11:31 PM #4393Senior Member
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Liars figure and figures lie.
The title of a book I have somewhere on the shelf behind me.
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12-08-2018, 12:13 AM #4394Senior Member
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Often statistics are used as a drunken man uses lampposts - for support rather than illumination.
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12-08-2018, 11:59 AM #4395Giveaway Guy
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Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.
Charles BukowskiLook sharp and smell nice for the ladies.~~~Benz
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring ― Marilyn Monroe
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Sometimes you have to let go of the picture of what you thought life would be like and learn to find joy in the story you are actually living.
Rachel Marie Martin
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12-08-2018, 02:06 PM #4397Senior Member
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Attributed to Benjamin DisraeliDavid
“Shared sorrow is lessened, shared joy is increased”
― Spider Robinson, Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
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12-08-2018, 03:44 PM #4398
"Statistics are like bikinis; they reveal a lot but hide vital spots."
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
- Oscar Wilde
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12-09-2018, 11:00 AM #4399Giveaway Guy
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Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
Kurt VonnegutLook sharp and smell nice for the ladies.~~~Benz
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring ― Marilyn Monroe
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12-09-2018, 01:27 PM #4400
"HARRIS' LAW: Any philosophy that can be put "in a nutshell" belongs there.."
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
- Oscar Wilde
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