William Farr famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The death rate is a fact; anything beyond this is an inference.
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The advantages of a uniform statistical nomenclature, however im- perfect, are so obvious, that it is surprising no attention has been paid to its enforcement in bills of mortality. Each disease has in many instances been denoted by three or four terms, and each term has been applied to as many different diseases ; vague, inconvenient names have been employed, or complications have been registered, instead of primary diseases. The nomenclature is of as much importance in this depart- ment of inquiry as weights and measures in the physical sciences, and should be settled without delay.
-- William Farr
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Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.
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While moral rules may be propounded by authority the fact that these were so propounded would not validate them.
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The fact that people who create are good workers tends to be lost.
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I'm always honored, but I think for every 100 of those that come along, one of them is actually going to happen. And, the fact that this was an offer on a major film that had a start date, was pretty impressive.
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The receptivity of the masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan.
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Knowledge about limitations of your data collection process affects what inferences you can draw from the data.
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After the accession to the euro zone, interest rates declined substantially in Portugal.
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The Democrats are obsessing about raising tax rates, while the GOP talks about closing loopholes.
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You have to slow your heart rate, stay calm. You have to shoot in between your heartbeats.
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There was no point in doing art if you were going to be second-rate.
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