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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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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I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.
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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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I was watching the Danish version of 'The Killing' when I got the audition for 'The Fall,' and I loved it; it was so original. I approached 'The Fall' with that in mind. I'd no problem with the violence - it was very clear from the script how horrifying the crimes were and that had to be shown, without going to extremes.
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Let me explain something to you - you have not been standing in front of thirty thousand decibals for thirty-five years - write me a note!
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I think the approach of the character for us is the same in a silent movie as in a talking movie because we had balance, we had lines to learn.
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The difference between science and religion is the difference between a willingness to dispassionately consider new evidence and new arguments, and a passionate unwillingness to do so.
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I'm a technological optimist in that I do believe that technology will provide solutions that will allow the world in 2050 to support 9 billion people at an acceptable standard of living. But I'm a political pessimist in that I am concerned about whether the science will be appropriately applied.
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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.
