William Farr quotes
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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.”
Source : A.A. Gill (2007). “The Angry Island: Hunting the English”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
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Source : "The Meaning of Life and Other Essays" by A.J. Ayer, ("The Meaning of Life"), 1990.
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“The fact that people who create are good workers tends to be lost.”
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Source : Director of the Future of Humanity Institute Nick Bostrom, Nick Bostrom (2013). “Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy”, p.1, Routledge
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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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