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Alfred E. Perlman Quotes: I cannot resist making the observation that some people use statistics as a drunk uses a lamppost - more to lean on than for illumination.
         

I cannot resist making the observation that some people use statistics as a drunk uses a lamppost - more to lean on than for illumination.


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