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Lies, damned lies.

>> Have you ever noticed how very perceptive sayings are often attributed to more than one person? For instance, ‘There are lies, damned lies, and statistics,’ is attributed to Benjamin Disraeli, the British prime minister, and Mark Twain, the gloriously funny and perceptive …

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12 Minutes and 41 Seconds of your day.

>> Just an excuse not to bore you with another email.  I’ve actually got COVID at the moment, which is really an inconvenience.  However, it’s given me an excuse not to write an email, but to send an interview I …

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My apologies to you, if you asked a question

>> Please forgive me – But here’s some free consultancy for you I don’t know your problems, but I suffer from too many ideas but not enough follow-through. I really should be shot. My only excuse is extreme old age. Anyhow, a …

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Here comes the first sign of madness.

>> “Nothing fails like success” You can lay odds that the minute you become successful you start getting smug. I speak from shameful experience. In the late 60s I was making piles of money with my partner. I became arrogant, …

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And now for the best demo EVER.

>> Thank you for reminding me! I don’t know how I forgot this classic, but three of you almost immediately reminded me. Watch it now… I think the element of uncertainty makes the magic – lifts it from the dramatic …

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Here’s the best demonstration I ever saw.

>> The moral is “Don’t tell – show.” Advertising has deteriorated beyond measure in recent years as the Gaedarine Swine rush online media. I am no exception – e-mails cost me nothing but my patience. But whatever the media your …

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