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I have a theory of statistics: if you can double them or halve them and they still work, they are really good statistics.

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John Ralston Saul
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
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Ottawa (Ontario)
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Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as an integral part of nature and society.
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