"Statistics began as the systematic study of quantitative facts about the state."

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Source : Ian Hacking (2006). “The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference”, p.126, Cambridge University Press

Ian Hacking

#Statistics Quotes #Systematic Quotes #Facts Quotes

“Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, 'Oh man, this is the stuff.' It just sounded so raw and honest, gut-bucket honest. From then I started rebelling.”
“Well, the real sex organ is between the ears, not between the legs”
“It isn't a coincidence that prayer was commanded right after the year of sadness. The prayer was the greatest comfort.”
“When you hear fear knocking on the door, most of the time when you answer it thereâ€™s nothing there. Itâ€™s just you holding yourself back.”
“He is incapable of a truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the good actions of others.”
“The violet sea longs for the birth of gods, for to be born here is an unspeakable feast, a drumroll of commanding retinues and tritons.”

Source : José Lezama Lima (2005). “José Lezama Lima: Selections”, p.9, Univ of California Press
“I think the idea of Mary Poppins has been blowing in and out of me, like a curtain at a window, all my life.”
“I think the most important technique is to ground everything, to make fantasy world grounded and relatable, just great characters.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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