Torture the Data!

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Torture the data long enough and they will confess to anything. – Anonymous

Round numbers are always fake. – Samuel Johnson

It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so. – Will Rogers

Why is there so much month left at the end of the money. – Anonymous

About the time we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends. – Herbert Hoover

When you can’t make both ends meet, make one potatoes. – American saying

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income. – Errol Flynn

The reason most of us don’t live within our income is that we don’t consider that living. – Joe Moore

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It Wasn’t Exactly a Divorce – I was Traded

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Errol Flynn died on a 70-foot boat with a 17-year-old girl. Walter has always wanted to go that way, but he’s going to settle for a 17-footer with a 70-year-old. – Betty Cronkite

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now, I have six children and no theories. – John Wilmot

The most dangerous food is wedding cake. – American proverb

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly. – Voltaire

All any woman asks of her husband is that he loves her and obey her commandments. – John W. Raper

Never confuse “I love you” with “I want to marry you.” – Cleveland Amory

It wasn’t exactly a divorce – I was traded. – Tim Conway

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Never Dally with a Scandinavian

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You don’t need nudity. A real actress should have her clothes on. Besides, you should leave something to the imagination. – Anita Ekberg

If I weren’t doing what I’m doing now, the actress thing, the star business, if you want to call it that, whatever it is, I’d be in an asylum. – Mia Farrow

The rest of my life will be devoted to women and litigation. – Errol Flynn

Son, it isn’t what they say about you – it’s what they whisper about you. – Errol Flynn

Deep down, I’m pretty superficial. – Ava Gardner

I’ve made fifty-five movies. I’d say forty of them were dreadful, and the four I made in Hollywood were probably the most dreadful of all. – Vittorio Gasman

Never marry or even dally with a Scandinavian – it’s the latitude. – Hermione Gingold

I got all the schooling an actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contracts. – Hermione Gingold

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It’s Still a Bewilderness

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Darkly Comical Hollywood Quotes

In 1940, I had my choice between Hitler and Hollywood, and I preferred Hollywood. Just a little. – Rene Clair

Hollywood is no place for a woman to find a husband, especially her own. – Denise Darcel

The only place in the world where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder. – William Faulkner

They’ve great respect for the dead in Hollywood – but none for the living. – Errol Flynn

Hollywood is a place where your best friend will plunge a knife in your back and then call the police to tell them that you are carrying a concealed weapon. – George Frasier

Hollywood may be thickly populated, but to me it’s still a bewilderness. – Sir Cedric Hardwicke

Hollywood – where everyone’s a genius until he’s lost his job. – Erskine Johnson

If I ever wrote a book about Hollywood and its inner workings, I know what I would call it – Insincere City. – Mervyn LeRoy

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