Evan Esar Quotes
Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.
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I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions.
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I'm definitely a foodie.
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At Gallaudet, deafness isn't an issue. You don't even think about it. Students can pay attention to accounting or psychology or journalism. But when a deaf person goes to another college, no matter how supportive it is, that person doesn't get the same access.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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My goal, as always, is simply to inform the public about an issue that is nearly impossible for them to learn about on their own. That is my only goal as a reporter.
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I love coming to London and seeing what people on the street are wearing.
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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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The American Negro has no conception of the hundreds of millions of other non-whites' concern for him: he has no conception of their feeling of brotherhood for and with him.
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I try to show ugliness, but with compassion for the people who commit ugly acts.
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I can't tell you what a pleasure it is to just put my hair under a wig cap and slap on a wig that's already done. It's dress up for your hair!
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You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.
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I stay excited 'cause for me, this is something I love to do. I'm like Coca Cola with it. I been here for a long time, I just gotta keep it nice and stay up to date and also give them that quality taste that they been looking for. It's nothing to me. When you built for it, you born for it, you do it cuz you wanna do it, not cuz you have to.
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I don't really get stuck in a time warp where, if my film is a success, I have to keep partying till the next one releases, or if my film is a flop, I keep wallowing in sorrow until the next comes my way. My hard work in each film is always there.
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The food in south India is the food that I really love because it reminds me of home.
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You are never to allow a shadow of doubt to enter your mind that the Creator intended you to win in life's battle.
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One is actually the democracy here, you know, people are, people assume that this election means that there is democracy in Pakistan. There is no democracy.
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By being friends with all, we are not alone.
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In a cricket career, your life is in some ways controlled for you. You have no control over schedules, you have no control about where you want to play, you don't have control over that as a cricketer.
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I'd love DonorsChoose.org to become a place where teachers can post innovative, out-of-the-box projects that they can't get funding for traditionally.
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Coming to Houston was an opportunity that I couldn't pass up.
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Science has done more for the development of Western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred.
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The problem with nutrient-by-nutrient nutrition science is that it takes the nutrient out the context of the food, the food out of the context of the diet, and the diet out of the context of the lifestyle.
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I know nothing more annoying when people I don't know jump to conclusions on my person based on nothing but gossip or speculation.
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Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.
