Ben Goldacre Quotes
In general, drug companies are reasonably good at developing new treatments, and there's also a lot of good in the industry.
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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You're only as good as your last song. That's something somebody told me, and it's so true. You've just gotta keep putting yourself out there, even promoting 'God Made Girls.'
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It's important to understand that oil and renewables do different things. Wind and solar are for power generation, so they don't replace oil. About 70% of all oil produced is used for transportation fuel. Renewables are good projects, but they don't get us off of foreign oil.
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The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you know, necessarily about, you know, whether you're a good person or not or whether you see black people, you know, on the street, and you're willing to shake their hands and be polite.
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Writing songs is an essential part of my life: my mother teaches piano, and I have inherited my grandparents' passion for music, especially from my grandfather Tommy, who was a great drummer. It's no coincidence that I play the drums best, but I am also good with the guitar and the piano.
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Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.
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The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.
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Brad Pitt is amazingly talented and equally good-looking, too.
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I've always said if what I'm going to create doesn't look good on everybody, I'm not going to do it.
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I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it's still a collaboration.
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For kids, multitasking electronically is common. But they are totally focused. You can tell a good story, and they listen.
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You have good days and bad days.
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If I get a script that's set in the jungle it goes to the bottom of the pile because I don't think the playgrounds are going to be very good there! I'm really aware of how lucky I am but I have the kind of job where I can bring my child to work.
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I got quite good results from protein plates.
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Like, when I write a song, the song comes first before production. Everything is written on an acoustic guitar so you can strip away everything from it and have it be equally as entertaining and good without the bells and whistles.
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I learned a lot from Dick Wolf. I'll always remember playing that character because it was such a good character. It was great to be able to be a character like that for television. I think the thing that I'll bring from the whole experience, the whole 10 years, is I had never been interested in the television business before.
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Even when things are at their worst, there's a little voice in your head saying, 'Good story!'
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I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.
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It's good for me to do things outside my comfort zone and push myself.
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Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldn't be tolerated in a movie director.
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I'm always reaching for something we really haven't done, and War of the Worlds has a lot of this sort of documentary look to it and first-person camera view that is a new thing for me. I've done some stuff like that before, but nothing like the extent of this and digitally.
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I still think that God means everything to everyone, whether they understand it or not or can see for themselves.
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In general, drug companies are reasonably good at developing new treatments, and there's also a lot of good in the industry.
