- Creative
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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Rozabal' was theological while 'Chanakya' is political. Unlike 'Rozabal,' which was about research, the aim of 'Chanakya' is plot, plot, plot, which carries the character. The common DNA, of course, is history.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I learned through my research is that the word 'actor,' specifically in reference to those who performed in plays, came about in the late 1500s as a non-gendered word. It applied to all people, regardless of anatomical sex or gender identity.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I first started removing the 'she,' 'her,' and 'hers' pronouns from my online material. I was just using my name in place of a pronoun, and that felt really good. Then I read the script for 'Billions' and did a little more research into non-binary, and it just really clicked for me.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I often make films about subjects I don't really know much about. Maybe it's laziness, but I don't go in there having done a tonne of research; the research happens while I'm making the film.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since my work is theoretical, the financial needs are very little. Doing the research itself is the toughest challenge.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
Research has shown that the availability of mental health care prior, during, and after imprisonment reduces violent offending drastically.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter how counter-intuitive it may seem, basic research has proven over and over to be the lifeline of practical advances in medicine.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most interesting statistic, stunning statistic that came out of my research was that in 1942, as this war production effort is going on, the number of Americans killed or injured in war-related industries surpassed the number of Americans in uniform killed and wounded in action in the war by a factor of 20 to 1.
- Choice
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer, we would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive today. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020