"In listening to stories we tend to suspend disbelief in order to be entertained, whereas in evaluating statistics we generally have an opposite inclination to suspend belief in order not to be beguiled."

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Source : "Data Storytelling: The Essential Data Science Skill Everyone Needs" by Brent Dykes, www.forbes.com. March 31, 2016.

John Allen Paulos

#Order Quotes #Opposites Quotes #Listening Quotes

“Honor all living things, for we are of the stag, and the salmon, and the bee; so destroy not life, save it be to preserve your own.”

Source : Scott Cunningham (2011). “Cunningham's Book of Shadows: The Path of An American Traditionalist”, p.19, Llewellyn Worldwide
“So many people, so many amateurs like Donald Trump believe that "I don`t recall" is an absolutely fail-safe position and you can`t get caught in perjury.”
“Another discovery which came out of my investigation was the fact that when one gives his or her order to produce a definite result and stands by that order, it seems to have the effect of giving one what might be termed a second sight which enables him or her to see right through ordinary problems. What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when one is in that state of mind in which he or she knows exactly what one wants and is fully determined not to quit until he or she finds it.”
“But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.”
“When I start doing a body of work I feel vulnerable, fearful. If I stopped trusting the process, I would stop doing art.”
“In the face of the economic plight, it is our task to become pioneers of simplicity, that is, to find a simple form for all of life's necessities, which is at the same time respectable and genuine.”
“Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.”
“Itâ€™s sweet. All this trouble for a kitty.”

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