"The first requirement in using statistics is that the facts treated shall be reduced to comparable units."

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Claude Bernard

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“Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.”
“Feed sparingly and defy the physician.”
“I think they (Thatcher protesters) ought to be grateful for the fact that the people who hold our (pro-Thatcher) views, and who are not mindless bigots, won't allow their behaviour to provoke us into words or behaviour which would could be seen as a breach of the peace. Hopefully, those of us who admire Margaret Thatcher are too well-mannered to fall for the bait.”
“Daei's all alone here, with four Chelsea defenders for company.”
“The transitory interests of royal houses may be advanced in war; the real interests of all people are furthered by the peace.”

Source : "Man, the State, and War". Book by Kenneth Waltz (Chapter IV "The Second Image", p. 98), 1959.
“To be is not a choice, but the way you feel about it certainly is.”
“Love - true love - is a precious thing. It is painful, uncomfortable, makes fools of us all, but it is what breathes meaning and color and purpose into our lives.”
“For next several years PSU can focus on rebuilding its athletic culture, not worrying about whether it's going to a bowl game.”

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