"There is no data that can be displayed in a pie chart, that cannot be displayed BETTER in some other type of chart."

-- John Tukey

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“Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system.”

Source : Dora Russell (1975). “The Tamarisk Tree: My quest for liberty and love”
“We know well and we know chronically ill, but there is a whole bunch of gray in between where I think we can heal people before they become chronically sick. I believe our thoughts make us sick.”
“The simple secret is this: put your trust in the Lord, do your best, then leave the rest to Him.”
“The only thing to know is how to use your neurosis.”
“Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted, than when we read it in the original author?”

Source : Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1875). “The Intellectual Life”, p.142
“Confine yourself to observing and you always miss the point of your life. The object can be stated this way: Live the best life you can. Life is a game whose rules you learn if you leap into it and play it to the hilt. Otherwise, you are caught off balance, continually surprised by the shifting play. Non-players often whine and complain that luck always passes them by. They refuse to see that they can create some of their own luck. Darwi Odrade - Chapterhouse: Dune”
“I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money; I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money.”

Source : "Anderson Cooper 360°", transcripts.cnn.com. January 5, 2012.
“Instead of being a student of a (given) field, I would like you to be the field.”

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