Ben Goldacre Quotes
Science isn't about authority or white coats; it's about following a method. That method is built on core principles: precision and transparency; being clear about your methods; being honest about your results; and drawing a clear line between the results, on the one hand, and your judgment calls about how those results support a hypothesis.
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I think in this, definitely, because you are feeling how it felt to live in a completely different time. The mannerisms and the way that people behaved was quite different.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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My mum always liked poetry, and she had pictures on the wall, so there was this visual stuff around.
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My life has been devoted to the upliftment of the Filipino by reestablishing his identity and dignity.
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I know that one of the distinguishing things was I looked like I could hold a gun, even though I'd never held one before and I'm physically able to do the martial arts and all that stuff.
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Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
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Of course I'm naughty. I've always had to compete for attention, you see.
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People don't care about questionnaires.
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Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
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Some people remaster their records six, seven times, remix it three, four times, spend a million hours, then they always go back and hear a demo of it and they'll say, 'Aw that sounds so much better than the final mix.'
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I went to the Westminster College for Men in Missouri, which is what it was called back then, and transferred to the University of Denver where I ultimately got my degree.
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No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start.
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After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
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I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.
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It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh.
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Women have a lot of... attitudes enforced in us about our sense of attractiveness being bound up in long, flowing, Hollywood kind of hair.
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There is a kind of misconception that Asian-Americans are not as American as European-Americans.
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I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.
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Science shows us truth and beauty and fills each day with a fresh wonder of the exquisite order which governs our world.
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The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration.
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There have been great champions in every generation.
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If you've never been in a dumpster coated with industrial waste while someone stabs you with a piece of sharpened rebar, then you probably wouldn't understand.
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The more you practice tolerating discomfort, the more confidence you'll gain in your ability to accept new challenges.
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Science isn't about authority or white coats; it's about following a method. That method is built on core principles: precision and transparency; being clear about your methods; being honest about your results; and drawing a clear line between the results, on the one hand, and your judgment calls about how those results support a hypothesis.
