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There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up. – Rex Stout, Death of a Doxy

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I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, Im not going to deny that you dont now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. – Ronald Reagan

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Statistics are just a way for the mathematician to evangelize his faith. – Hunter Brinkmeier

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Statistically, the probability of any of us being here is so small that youd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in contented dazzlement of surprise. – Lewis Thomas

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