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The main purpose of a significance test is to inhibit the natural enthusiasm of the investigator. — Frederick Mosteller
I don't think you can create luck. You're either lucky or you're not. I don't know if it's really luck or if it's just curiosity.… — Elliott Erwitt
The main health hazard in the world today is people who don't love themselves. — Kinky Friedman
The main reason I write the daily observations is because I want to know where I'm wrong. So lots of times if somebody points something… — Ray Dalio
I think the rebuilding of the city has to start with the spirit first. So the music, the vibe, the connection spiritually with the artists.… — Doug E. Fresh
From Here to Eternity' happens to be fourteen-carat entertainment. The main trouble is that it is too entertaining for a film in which love affairs… — Manny Farber
Well, Grover Washington was my main influence and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins,… — Kenny G
I had to accept that I was an alcoholic, that was the main thing. I think you've got to. But I try not say that… — Paul Gascoigne
I've done illustration on the side. But other than that, comics have been my main things. — Jaime Hernandez
I think I'm in a really nice position, where I'm sure I could do another show if I wanted to do one, but right now… — Chris Isaak
I have one main reader, Miriam Gomez, my wife. She reads everything I write - I have not finished writing something and she is already… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
My main thing is music; it's what I do. — Vanilla Ice
I did volleyball, basketball, and track all through high school. And then I went to junior college and I stuck with track because I was… — Dot Jones
My main concern is to protect people from detriment. — Jean-Claude Juncker
It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain… — Rachel Kushner
Recent studies have considered the detection of a spaceship visiting our parish of the galaxy. In my opinion that last thought should bring a blush… — Nigel Calder
There will always be disputes between nations which, at times, will inflame the public and threaten conflicts, but the main thing is to educate the… — Frank B. Kellogg
I think 'Game of Thrones' was extraordinary. I want to do some period pieces. It would be lovely to tell great stories, that is my… — Stana Katic
Show business is like a bumpy bus ride. Sometimes you find yourself temporarily juggled out of your seat and holding onto a strap. But the… — Cliff Robertson
I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I'm a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument… — Tom Waits
I think that one of the main privileges of what I do, which I am just starting to learn, is to have the ability to… — Chris Cornell
In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly ghost is rare. — Dick Cavett
I feel sorry for the poor kids whose parents feel they're qualified to teach them at home. Of course, some parents are smarter than some… — Dick Cavett
For while the tired waves, vainly breaking, Seem here no painful inch to gain, Far back, through creeks and inlets making, Comes silent, flooding in,… — Arthur Hugh Clough
There are two main human sins from which all the others derive: impatience and indolence. It was because of impatience that they were expelled from… — Franz Kafka

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