John Tukey Quotes
There is no data that can be displayed in a pie chart, that cannot be displayed BETTER in some other type of chart.
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When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later it was all on inside information! But before that came to light, he was very successful, very flamboyant. And I thought, 'This is what I want to do.' So I'm 15 years old, I decide I'm going to Wall Street.
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'Freaky Ali' is not a heavy film. It's a simple but inspiring film. It will inspire those who want to go from zero to hundred. People who have made an effort to achieve success from nothing will be able to connect to the character.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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I try to live holistically and avoid conventional medicine.
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It has not been easy to wake up every single day at 6:30 in the morning to then head to the gym and start a full day of work. But you have to have that kind of dedication if you want to achieve the goals you have set for yourself.
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I went to Australia and did a three day hike with my fiance through the wilderness, which was nice.
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The only thing I regret in life is that I didn't practice basketball more.
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When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.
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The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
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My friends started having children after college, while I was pursuing this crazy acting career and living hand to mouth. Plus, all my boyfriends were artists struggling to make a living. Having kids didn't make any sense - why would I take on more of a financial burden when I couldn't even afford a dog?
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Those who have learned to walk on the threshold of the unknown worlds, by means of what are commonly termed par excellence the exact sciences, may then, with the fair white wings of imagination, hope to soar further into the unexplored amidst which we live.
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I've had a very full and lovely career so far, and I can't honestly say that I've ever really found myself in a man's world, struggling for an identity or trying to prove something.
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The government will always tell you that it wants low inflation. The real issue is the horizon over which to bring inflation down.
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There have always been different opinions on some elements of our sanction policy. It will probably stay that way... What is important is that we keep this unity and decide all together.
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The reason it has relevance is because I, as a popular Arab personality - the Arab people like me and respect me - thought it was time for me to make an ever so tiny statement about what I thought about this whole thing.
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Estoy en el ayer, en el hoy. ¿Y en mañana? En el mañana estuve.
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When dictators and tyrants seek to destroy the freedoms of men, their first target is the legal profession and through it the rule of law.
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Those who call me an opportunist are following the old rule: If you can't attack the data, attack the person.
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Data are becoming the new raw material of business.
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I think in this, definitely, because you are feeling how it felt to live in a completely different time. The mannerisms and the way that people behaved was quite different.
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I'd rather people talked about the 1,000 most successful French Internet companies instead of the 5 or 10 faces we already know - including mine.
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You are discontented with the world because you can't get just the small things that suit your pleasure, not because it's a world where myriads of men and women are ground by wrong and misery, and tainted with pollution.
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There is no data that can be displayed in a pie chart, that cannot be displayed BETTER in some other type of chart.
