Ben Goldacre Quotes

Data is the fabric of the modern world: just like we walk down pavements, so we trace routes through data, and build knowledge and products out of it.

Ben Goldacre

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KnowledgeWalkWorldDataDownOut

My mum always felt that women deserved as much as men, and should have as much power, so I suppose I opted to go into a very male-dominated arena to try and prove that.

Jo Brand

WomenPowerMenGoProveTry

I was not grown up in the U.S., nor in Japan. In order to create a video game that people around the globe can enjoy and relate to, I can't draw things deeply rooted in the local culture that I'm not familiar with. That's why we are not doing games about football or samurai.

Jenova Chen

CultureFootballPeopleGameDoing

Catalysts are the conductors who choreograph the chemical dance that results in the formation of new structures.

Robert H. Grubbs

DanceResultsNewWhoChemical

I grew up in such a musical family, and my dad was the first chair in the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra, and my mom was a piano teacher and a painter, so it was kind of a creative environment, and it was kind of in my DNA.

Trevor Rabin

FamilyTeacherCreativeMomChair

America's a land of second opportunities.

Mitch McConnell

OpportunitiesAmericaLandSecond

My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team.

Don Drysdale

TeamDownTeammatesMy OwnTwoOwn

Why do people play the lottery, or why do people gamble, period? You know, it's with the hope of winning something more.

Derek Kilmer

HopePeopleWinningYouPlayKnow

By all means, have you give great attention to your arithmetic, as its advantages are so many and important.

Dorothea Dix

GreatAttentionYouImportantGive

I don't listen to a lot of music any more and even the people I've loved for years - the Nick Drakes of this world - I can't go back to them and listen to them over and over.

David Sylvian

MusicPeopleWorldLovedBackGo

I'm not aware of having a creepy laugh, but apparently I do.

Craig Ferguson

LaughAwareHavingCreepyApparently

There are so many things I'd like to change in the industry. Everything from the reliance of style over substance to their reluctance to hire me for big budget blockbusters, but the thing I would love most would be if they understood people don't have to be Hollywood beautiful to be sexy or interesting.

Colin Mochrie

LoveChangeBeautifulStylePeople

I watch Jon Stewart because I need to laugh. Otherwise, life gets too serious. Besides that, I don't watch any news.

Bruce Lipton

LifeLaughNewsSeriousNeedWatch

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