- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Research Quotes
On research, discovery, and what the data shows.
One quote defines research almost as improvisation - doing something without knowing exactly what you're doing - while others cite concrete findings on how teacher quality predicts a student's long-term outcomes. Doing picks up that first thread.
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- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
Two years later, I went to the University of Minnesota from which I was on leave for several years during the war as a member of Statistical Research Group at Columbia University.
- Copies
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- Nov 07, 2020
The goal of reanimation research is not to make perfect living copies of extinct organisms, nor is it meant to be a one-off stunt in a laboratory or zoo. Reanimation is about leveraging the best of ancient and synthetic DNA.
- Chemistry
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was invited to join the newly established Central Chemical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1954 and was able to establish a small research group in organic chemistry, housed in temporary laboratories of an industrial research institute.
- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020
My Cleveland years were both scientifically and personally most rewarding. My wife Judy was able to rejoin me in our research and my research group grew rapidly.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was in 1969 that I was able to give up my administrative responsibility. As I worked hard my research never suffered during this period and as a matter of fact these were probably some of my most productive years.
- Medical
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- Nov 07, 2020
Huge sums are invested globally in medical research and development - and with good reason.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing about research is that there's no end. You constantly have this fear that an expert who knows more than you will call you out on some detail in your book.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
No. Better research needed. Fire your research person. No fishnet stockings. Never. Not in this band.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't want to become guilty of plagiarism by letting someone else's words get inadvertently mixed in with your own. If you do feel the need to paste in a block of research while you're writing, be sure to highlight the copied text in a different color so you can go back and remove or rewrite it entirely later.
- Habit
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- Nov 07, 2020
Get in the habit of vetting your research as you go - particularly research conducted online. Verify facts from multiple reputable sources before you record them.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always looked upon research as an opportunity to satisfy my curiosity. But the other side of the coin is one must not be so caught up in it that one never gets the book written.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
The common wisdom is that only about 1 percent of a novelist's research ends up in his or her book. In my experience, it's even less - closer to a tenth of a percent.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never intended to become a data head. I could never have predicted it would play such an important role in my life. Yet here we are: My Institute on Gender in Media has sponsored the largest amount of research ever done on gender depictions in media, covering a 20-year-plus span.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did some research and tried to pull out some old, classic Van Halen that they had not played in 10 or 15 years. I think that was Sammy's mistake. I he didn't want to do the Dave stuff.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020