Ben Goldacre
Related Journalism is about results. It's about affecting your community or your society in the most pro... ANAS AREMEYAW ANAS BEN GOLDACRE RICHARD BRANSON You cannot teach a person how to write songs. It's about being your own person and following you... KIESZA It's not about hiding your imperfections on a shoot; it's about embracing them and being una... ERIN O'CONNOR ROBIN S. SHARMA The point is that filmmaking is a collaborative effort; it isn't about imposing your vision on o... LUCA GUADAGNINO Boxing is all about how cool and controlled and clear your mind is. Violence only gets in the way of... EDGAR RAMIREZ EDMOND ABOUT EDMOND ABOUT EDMOND ABOUT EDMOND ABOUT EDMOND ABOUT ABOUT LIFE ABOUT LIFE ABOUT LIFE ABOUT LIFE EDMOND ABOUT Education means teaching kids how to do stuff and how to think about stuff. Education is a pretty si... MIKE GALLAGHER CATHY ENGELBERT SHAILENE WOODLEY That's the thing about business. Facts and numbers and results actually count. It's not just... CARLY FIORINA SARAH GADON JOE ROGAN This industry isn't fair. It doesn't owe anybody a career. It's just about luck, determi... SAMUEL BARNETT JANE MCGONIGAL I love road trips. If you haven't been on one in a while, it's time to put a trip on your ca... DANA PERINO NATASHA LYONNE One of the nice things about being busy is it makes you focus on what's important to you and how... LORNE MICHAELS CANDACE BUSHNELL LOUIS V. GERSTNER, JR. People can relate more to being honest about your problems, your insecurities, and the things that y... JON BELLION JILLIAN HERVEY JAMES HOWE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Youth theatre isn't just about a precocious child that wants to sing and dance in front of peopl... SAM HEUGHAN It doesn't matter what your pedigree is, who your family is or what degrees you have. What reall... GRACIA MARTORE I think there's always been, to some degree, a misunderstanding about what science fiction is al... ROBERT J. SAWYER When it comes right down to it, developing a critical sensibility about parenting isn't really a... ADAM MANSBACH SHAH RUKH KHAN ADAM DRIVER ROBERT M. PIRSIG Risk means everything from being honest about your faith, to moving, to quitting a job that's pa... JOHN TESH JAWED KARIM PAUL TAYLOR MARTIN SHORT If you Google some sites about the link between vaccines and autism, you can very quickly find that ... ELI PARISER STEPHEN RICHARDS NEIL PEART One of the things about animal rights, which is not the only thing that I care about in this world, ... SAM SIMON Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever,... EDDIE MARSAN The liberal entertainment industry is a fickle world. So it's about living in the moment, and it... JOHN PYPER-FERGUSON The (Silicon) Valley is about results, and that's what's exciting about this. LEZLEE WESTINE JEFF BUCKLEY With women empowerment and women coming together, it's not about being better than the guys or w... BECKY LYNCH GERI HALLIWELL But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line? DIANA NYAD The key to style is not following fashion trends. It is about making your style your own and being a... JACQUI STAFFORD ROBERT CARLYLE ELLEN DEGENERES ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. ANITA BROOKNER BJ THE CHICAGO KID PETER F. DRUCKER PETER DRUCKER DON MCLEAN Grace under pressure isn't just about bullfighters and men at war. It's about getting up eve... ERNEST GAINES TED RALL STEVE JOBS Economists agree about economics - and that's a science - and they disagree about economic polic... FRANCO MODIGLIANI JOE BIDEN There's nothing wrong with being a cop. There's nothing wrong with being a white person. It&... BOBBY SEALE CARRIE FISHER CARRIE BROWNSTEIN MARKETA IRGLOVA Glamour is fun! Spending time to get ready isn't about being fussy; it's about taking care o... BECKI NEWTON Swimming in the U.K. is not really about enjoying a sultry experience. It's about cold, clear ac... SARAH HALL My comedy isn't about being attractive - it's about how the bar of dumb seems so low right n... NATASHA LEGGERO It's about not letting the internal enemy, the real enemy, have his way because the more he does... GUY RITCHIE HILARIE BURTON You want to find out what it is about you or what it is about your past and your lineage that's ... OLIVIA D'ABO BOBBY ORR BEAR GRYLLS A correction was inevitable given the market is facing three clear near-term risks: weak first-quart... JASON HWANG Self acceptance is not just about appreciating your good points it is more about being honest about ... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people... DAN HARMON EDDIE REDMAYNE I think there's a lot of anxiety about being seen as a bad parent. There's still a lot of su... ADAM MANSBACH BIPASHA BASU He knew exactly what was going on and he has a clear idea about how he wanted to work on it followin... GORDON DAVIDSON I can see how a lot of women might be confused. People would like very clear results with a very cle... JACQUES ROSSOUW JANIS JOPLIN Health isn’t about being “perfect” with food or exercise or herbs. Health is about balancing t... GOLDA PORETSKY NICK WOODMAN Being surrounded by love and people that care about your heart is the dream. That's what I would... RACHEL BOSTON CHRISTINE QUINN The requirement for advice being received well is that you’ve produced results with your life. Res... ADAM KIRK SMITH BETSEY JOHNSON The way I approach the character isn't about being gay or straight. It's just about who you ... MIA KIRSHNER ALAN BALL
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Science has authority, not because of white coats, or titles, but because of precision and transpare... 
To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to... 
Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. ... 
But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way ... 
Could you please be as silent as the G in lasagna? 
Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. 
I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their mo... 
Games are often won or lost on the free-throw line. This isn't about slick moves or great skills... 
For me, acting is about the art of it and it's about being on a film set and doing your thing, p... 
I think a liberal arts education isn't necessarily about doing something with your degree; it... 
What's interesting about science is that we're constantly discovering new things about the u... 
'SuperBetter' is fundamentally about a mind shift. It's about claiming your power to be ... 
There's something great about all your worst fears coming true and being said about you. There&#... 
The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for wome... 
What I'm trying to do is deliver results, not promises; results, not vision; results, not concep... 
For me, it's about being comfortable... but I can feel comfortable in a thong leotard and on sta... 
The point is that being a minority isn't only about the color of your skin or your religion. it's ab... 
Laziness isn't merely a physical phenomenon,about being a couch potato,stuffing your face with f... 
Emphasis in the Marine Corps isn't on talking about your feelings. 
The TV scientist who mutters sadly, "The experiment is a failure; we have failed to achieve what we ... 
That's one of those things about being a computer science major: Valentine's Day is just ano... 
A lot of people are doing something about their weight, but by their own reckoning, it isn't eno... 
What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's no... 
It is in doing things and not reading about them that results come about. 
To get nostalgic about other people's music, or even about your own, makes a terrible statement ... 
Sensitivity isn't being wimpy. It's about being so painfully aware that a flea landing on a ... 
Being mean about other people isn't on my radar. 
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True beauty is about who you are as a human being, your principles, your moral compass. 
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Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and... 
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Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results n... 
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results n... 
When people ask what 'American Pie' is about, they're missing the point. The song isn... 
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I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, i... 
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With film, it's all about the actor being able to feel the things that the character's feeli... 
There's something about a holiday that isn't all about how much money you spend. 
Forget about style; worry about results. 
Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It... 
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I have always believed that if you need to take your clothes off to get your man, you've begun t... 
Playing is just about feeling. Playing isn't necessarily about misery. Playing isn't necessa... 
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Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist... 
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Science has authority, not because of white coats, or titles, but because of precision and transpare... 
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Intelligent people tend to talk about the facts. They don't sit around and call each other names... 
If we plant the right seeds, tomorrow will be better. If you put out good things, then you'll ge... 
You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going ... 
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Distrust of government isn't baseless cynicism. It's realism. 
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly. 
When you overpay small people you frighten them. They know that their merits or activities entitle t... 
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This figure that thou here seest put,
It was for gentle Shakespeare cut,
Wherein the graver ha... 
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth. 
A third Cato has dropped from the skies. 
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Home purchases that are very highly leveraged or unaffordable subject the borrower and lender to a g... 
Happiness is a journey not a destination. 
Success is a journey, not a destination. 
No one will do it for you. 
I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative. 
You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot 
Force works on servile natures, not the free. 
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Bad people excuse their faults; wise people leave them. 
The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become. 
Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee. 
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Running for money doesn't make you run fast. It makes you run first. 
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Most plans are just inaccurate predictions. 
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Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towar... 