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Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.

  • -- Evan Esar 埃文·伊萨尔

统计学的定义:从可靠的数字中得出不可靠的事实的科学。

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As a personal beneficiary of the service that Amtrak provides and as someone who represents a congressional district that counts on safe, reliable rail service, I am a strong supporter of providing this vital industry the funding necessary to continue operations.

作为美铁提供服务的个人受益人，作为国会选区的代表，我非常支持为这个至关重要的行业提供继续运营所需的资金。

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I thought the divorce statistics would never apply to me. I was beyond heartbroken when they did. But I got up and got on with it. I also kept my belief in marriage.

我以为离婚统计数字对我不适用。当他们那样做的时候，我伤心透了。但我还是站了起来，继续干下去。我也保持着对婚姻的信仰。

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Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.

建立在人类基础上的希望、人为的哲学或任何制度总是放错地方……因为这些事情不可靠，转瞬即逝。

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When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself.

当你是一个制片人和艺术家的时候，你对自己非常挑剔。我喜欢培养别人，但我并不擅长培养自己。

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Personally, I don't like the term 'success.' It's too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It's usually someone else's definition, not yours.

就我个人而言，我不喜欢“成功”这个词。这太武断，太相对了。通常是别人的定义，而不是你的。

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Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

统计学家的定义:一个人相信数据不会说谎，但他承认，在分析中，有些数据也站不住脚。

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I don't want to say work is who I am, but some people feel more centered and more whole when they're producing and creating.

我不想说工作就是我，但有些人在生产和创造的时候会觉得更有中心，更完整。

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Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.

当然，任何试图用确定性方法生成随机数的人都是生活在罪恶的状态中。

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The more lawyers there are, the more people are out there to encourage others not to go to law school.

律师越多，就有越多的人鼓励别人不要去法学院。

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He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts - for support rather than for illumination.

他使用统计数据，就像醉汉使用灯柱一样——用来支撑而不是照明。

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As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

一般来说，生活中最成功的人是拥有最好信息的人。

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That's just the way this business works. You're a reliable commodity.

这就是这个行业的运作方式。你是一个可靠的商品。

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Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts.

永不放弃。在任何情况下都不要面对事实。

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Definition is the death of discovery.

定义是发现的死亡。

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