Ben Goldacre Quotes
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I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.
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I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it, me can do, but I cannot do the things that me would like to do.
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It's tough when you have to be away. But I'm probably at home more than my dad was because he was working two or three jobs sometimes.
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I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots.
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Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
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Memo to White House: Calling voters stupid is not a winning strategy.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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I don't want to look back at my career and see a string of incredibly commercial projects that don't have much heart. I'm looking for things that have soul.
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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
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It took me a long time to figure out how to act, and how to conduct myself in the business so I could get what I felt I needed to support my potential and give them what they wanted.
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Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
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I've loved every minute I've spent in television. And I've had much more failure, as traditionally measured, than success in television. I've done four shows, and only one of them was the 'West Wing.'
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I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
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I fell in love with science and decided to continue for my Ph.D., and from there on, I was a scientist.
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A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.
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When you get out there on the mound, you've got what you've got, and you got to figure out a way to get outs.
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But did I think it would last more than 13 episodes at the time? No, I didn't think that. I never know.
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All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.
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I follow so many beauty bloggers on Instagram.
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Oh mercy, mercy me.Ah things ain't what they used to be.What about this overcrowded land?How much more abuse from man can she stand?Oh, na na...My sweet Lord... No.
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We are under God's power, and we can do nothing but by the power of God, and woe shall hereafter be to us if we abuse this power.
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A sociable smile is nothing but teeth.
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More academics should blog, post videos, post audio, post lectures, offer articles and more. You'll enjoy it: I've had threats and blackmail, abuse, smears and formal complaints with forged documentation.
