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My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director. ↗

— Edward Tufte

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Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise. ↗

— John Tukey

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Numerical quantities focus on expected values, graphical summaries on unexpected values. ↗

— John Tukey

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The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward. ↗

— Gene Tunney

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A boxer's diet should be low in fat and high in proteins and sugar. Therefore you should eat plenty of lean meat, milk, leafy vegetables, and fresh fruit and ice cream for sugar. ↗

— Gene Tunney

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Fat is one of the chief enemies of the heart because it has to be plentifully supplied with blood and thus needlessly increases the pumping load that the heart must sustain. ↗

— Gene Tunney

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Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing. ↗

— Gene Tunney

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I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey. ↗

— Gene Tunney

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The man who has allowed his body to deteriorate cuts a pitiful figure - chest collapsed, stomach protruding. ↗

— Gene Tunney

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I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen. ↗

— Robin Tunney

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