One thing that we learned that we published on our blog post is that uniformly, men lie about their height by almost exactly two inches. So if you look at a plot of census bureau data on the distribution of men's heights in the U.S. and you plot men's heights on OKCupid, it is exactly shifted two inches to the left.
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Related It's love. It's two men - two strong, very virile men - finding that space in life where the... CLARENCE CLEMONS The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a... ARUNDHATI ROY If you plot the distribution of clusters, you discover that almost all of them are on one side of th... CARLTON PRYOR My mother said that we're so lucky to be women. It's not that men are weak. Men are men. We&... DIANE VON FURSTENBERG Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot. GEORGE LUCAS Most men hate to shop. That's why the men's department is usually on the first floor of a department... JOHN WAYNE Don't get caught up in the 'look' thing. Sometimes, we as men and women, the first thing... KEITH SWEAT Men need to be aware of the health of their bodies, as well - prostate cancer and breast cancer are ... OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN We won by two or three inches, ... If the ball goes left two or three inches, they make the field go... ALEX BROWN If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking. LYNDON B. JOHNSON The thing about Moby Dick is that, at heart, it's a very simple plot - there's only one whit... GAVIN O'CONNOR One of the things I learned as a young semiotics nerd was that if you have plot moving forward, no m... IRA GLASS The road to salvation is filled with many false dark turn-offs, if you take those roads they will le... GARY F EVANS... There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exac... F. MURRAY ABRAHAM Where I live, in Vermont, there's this thing that women know about men, which is this disease: t... COLIN TREVORROW We were talking about the kissing in the movie just recently. Clearly, it's pretty challenging m... JAKE GYLLENHAAL My advice to aspiring writers of fantasy trilogies or series is that each book needs two main plots.... JULIET MARILLIER The great thing about Glasgow is that if there's a nuclear attack it'll look exactly the sam... BILLY CONNOLLY If you have two steaks, one that's an inch thick, one that's 2 inches thick, how much longer... NATHAN MYHRVOLD If men were meant to be a dominant power, men would be on this earth by themselves. So, I don't ... ALDIS HODGE Most male victims of violence are the victims of other men's violence. So that's something t... JACKSON KATZ The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ... C. JOYBELL C. If we look at American history, between 1942 and 1947, the data that was collected by the Census Bur... MICHELE BACHMANN The only place that the left hasn't placed the blame is on their agenda, so some advice for our ... SARAH PALIN My view of life is, 'If you're going to miss Heaven, why miss it by two inches? Miss it! SAM KINISON Seems to me the basic conflict between men and women, sexually, is that men are like firemen. To men... JERRY SEINFELD Let's face it; by and large math is not easy, but that's what makes it so rewarding when you... DANICA MCKELLAR Watching a baseball game on television is like chasing the great white whale in a goldfish bowl. It ... WARD JUST My subcommittee will be thoroughly investigating this issue and demanding answers from Census offici... BLAKE FARENTHOLD Fundamentally, if you look at where the environmental issues are coming from, it's all because o... DAVID FILO One of the things that happens in my house on the holidays is after dessert, we sit down to a very a... BOBBY FLAY 'The Haunted Man' is about communication barriers between men and women, and in that song it... BAT FOR LASHES Most of all, we remain focused on our Rock that never moves. CRAIG GROESCHEL I always say the classier cousin of 'Anchorman' is 'Mad Men,' because when you reall... ADAM MCKAY We've made so much headway with storytelling - mostly on cable, let's be honest - but also o... DYLAN WALSH Improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what y... CHRISTOPHER WALKEN It's difficult to have any animosity towards someone if you recognize that on so many levels the... JONATHAN TAYLOR THOMAS Our children think our world will end. It's a tragic thing. Adults don't think that. They do... YANN ARTHUS-BERTRAND I have met so many heartbroken men. It's a catastrophe. Women are easily overcome by the process tha... C. JOYBELL C. Some men break your heart in two,/ Some men fawn and flatter,/ Some men never look at you;/ And that... DOROTHY PARKER We're living in a time, unfortunately, where, you know, a lot of young men, particularly young m... HILL HARPER Dying in childbirth is something that's not new; it's been going on for ages, and so it'... LIYA KEBEDE I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think ... HARRIET HARMAN The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor's degr... ELIJAH CUMMINGS The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same t... WILLIAM HAZLITT When you say 'revolution' when you have only men outside, you know that something is going w... MARJANE SATRAPI The good thing is that women have such high expectations of men that it inspires us to live up to th... NEIL STRAUSS I think men and women will both agree that one of the perks of being single on Valentine's Day i... SEVYN STREETER You release the pain of the past and press on. It's a new day, and God is doing a new thing. He want... CRAIG GROESCHEL It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've go... DAMIAN LEWIS Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so it's important to ackn... DEE DEE MYERS Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, pe... NAPOLEON HILL 'The Thirteenth Tale' is reminiscent of 'Wuthering Heights' because you're never... TOM GOODMAN-HILL It's something that black men still go through to this day, which is women clutching their purse... CEDRIC RICHMOND Your calves, biceps and neck should always be the same size in inches. Mine are 16 inches - anything... ARJUN RAMPAL These are men and women who are willing to risk their lives in defense of their country. And the fac... DICK DURBIN It's interesting because we live in a country where the obesity is so enormous. And then the ref... NINA GARCIA Men want a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue. That is what is written in... JOHN ELDREDGE It's much like playing jazz, flying. It's multitasking in real time. You have a number of in... AARON DIEHL Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion. LUCRETIUS There's a side of fashion that's very analytical and data-oriented and methodical, but there... IMRAN AMED Economics is not an exact science. It's a combination of an art and elements of science. And tha... PAUL SAMUELSON Militant feminists are pro-choice because it's their ultimate avenue of power over men. And beli... RUSH LIMBAUGH Not only is the Napoleonic dream stronger today in our imaginations than it has ever been, but one c... JOHN RALSTON SAUL I suppose I don't hear things, but I listen, if you know what I mean. And there is a big differe... EVELYN GLENNIE I like men in suits. Men in suits I think are so sexy. But I love men in suits who own their own bus... NADINE VELAZQUEZ It's just a small sticker -- it's a two-by-two (inches) -- and you'll see the city of Columbus' logo... JIMMY WILSON I don't have a very high opinion of men, without doubt it is because I am one. Men and women live on... DANIS TANOVIC I think that androgyny is so amazing. Men's shows I can look at and say, 'I would wear that.... MARK INDELICATO Well, I really don't like heights. I don't get on the top deck of a double-decker because th... JENNY ECLAIR Some men break your heart in two, Some men fawn and flatter, Some men never look at you; DOROTHY PARKER Some men break your heart in two, Some men fawn and flatter, Some men never look at you; DOROTHY PARKER What is it about men, anyway? You can't live with 'em and the law frowns on neutering them. It's not... SUSAN ANDERSEN On one hand, you've got 'decent' men, and on the other you've got neanderthal misogy... VAL MCDERMID You come to our stadium and look at the aura of 100,000 people. You look up there and see an Army ta... JERRY JONES There will never be a good time, financially, to get married, unless you're Shaq or Ray Romano. But ... GREG BEHRENDT If the sea level rises 6 inches, that's a big deal... we can't mitigate that; we can't s... RUPERT MURDOCH The way we dress on 'Mad Men' is so associated with old photographs, with people's paren... CHRISTINA HENDRICKS There's nothing women can't do. There's absolutely nothing we can't do. We're fa... BETTY WILLIAMS We try to do too many things that used to be in the men's domain, and we try to do them like men... RAQUEL WELCH Acting was a lot like football. When you're a DB and you're one on one with a receiver, you&... BRIAN J. WHITE If I'm on location on some island, we usually get up at four in the morning to set up. By seven ... DANIELA PESTOVA They should have a laptop computer with a white sticker with the U.S. Census Bureau sticker on it, a... MAGDALIS LOPEZ Time is so important.'so spend time doing something that you love.' make the most of it and Let the ... NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO I didn't want to do comedy again. It is way harder when you are doing comedy. You can't just... PATRICIA RICHARDSON In God, the characteristics of men and women that we admire in men and women are combined. That'... ANDREW GREELEY The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends b... HENRY ADAMS There is no better test of character than when you're tossed into crisis. That's when we see... TESS GERRITSEN The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you ma... HANK AARON OKCupid's model is almost entirely based on advertising, which is the way most online media is m... SAM YAGAN Here's the thing, men have to also mature in how they see women, too. Because they need to under... JADA PINKETT SMITH Plot is a framework on which to drape other things. So once that's working, I can just let it go... PATRICK NESS Some of the best fan mail I get are from our men and women in the military and intelligence communit... BRAD THOR I always get everyone prepared so there aren't so many arguments on set. I have a policy that th... TONY SCOTT There's a fundamental difference between how often men remember to say 'I love you' and ... BRETT YOUNG It's time we learned the truth about stress. It's time we identified the thoughts that actua... ANDREW J. BERNSTEIN I love diamond jewellery on men, and pocket scarves, cravats, cufflinks. The trick is to throw it to... DAVID FURNISH That is - the use of the subjective camera is an idea that's been around in movies for a long, l... JONATHAN DEMME When you look at the actual data on technological innovation, one thing you see is that what I call ... TYLER COWEN I vaguely remember in the '90s when Calvin Klein started making unisex CK1. Don't worry abou... MARK RONSON
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SAM NEILL I go by the role pretty much. And I think the only genre I haven't gotten to do but I'd love... SAM NEILL As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job. SAM NEILL When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the gr... SAM NEILL I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. T... SAM NEILL If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertain... SAM NEILL I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not wi... SAM NEILL When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting. SAM NEILL Try and fit in in a New Zealand playground with an Armagh accent - it doesn't work. SAM NEILL People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things. SAM NEILL I enjoy some physical stuff. 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I just want to enjoy all that. SAM MENDES Thank God I don't live in Los Angeles. I think if you're there the whole time it just gets o... SAM MENDES I think with Blair Witch and The Sixth Sense, people are much more open to something that is differe... SAM MENDES You think about taking audiences on a journey. SAM MENDES If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything. SAM MENDES I deliberately, in a way, went for something that was a huge challenge and was a big period film. I ... SAM MENDES One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films. SAM MENDES All I know is that I operate by going out to each of them and trying to learn the territory in which... SAM MENDES Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny little pieces. SAM MENDES The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words. 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SAM MENDES It took me a long time to film the plastic bag, and then I had to get the cut of the scene right. Bu... SAM MENDES I want to inspire, and be inspired. SAM MENDES Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor. SAM LEVENSON I admit that: my wife is outspoken, but by whom? SAM LEVENSON Our parents set the moral tone of the family. They expected more of some of us and less of others, b... SAM LEVENSON The difference between keeping things clean and keeping kids clean was that things just sat still an... SAM LEVENSON When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem ... SAM LEVENSON You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice. SAM LEVENSON One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your im... SAM LEVENSON Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' c... SAM LEVENSON It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite. SAM LEVENSON We should not permit prayer to be taken out of the schools; that's the only way most of us got t... SAM LEVENSON I'm going to stop putting things off, starting tomorrow! SAM LEVENSON Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier. SAM LEVENSON Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it. SAM LEVENSON If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her l... SAM LEVENSON You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all... SAM LEVENSON I'm so tired of men who are afraid to hurt women's feelings. SAM KINISON I guess they're tough jokes. But there's lots of things you either laugh or cry at. And you ... SAM KINISON I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to wo... 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