"Teaching needs an ecosystem that supports evidence-based practice. It will need better systems to disseminate the results of research more widely, but also a better understanding of research, so that teachers can be critical consumers of evidence."

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Source : "Teachers need to drive the research agenda" by Ben Goldacre, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2013.

Ben Goldacre

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“Some have said that the power of a Redeemer would depend upon two things: first, upon the richness of the self that was given; and second, upon the depths of the giving. Friend and foe alike are agreed on the question of the character of Jesus Christ.”
“A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words.”
“America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.”
“I never wanted to be a director.”
“After having edited numerous shorts, earning award nominations for it, and then 4 features edits, the director inside me is now burning to share its voice. Thriller, Horror, zany Comedy.”
“They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I noticed that this man only exists when the boy comes into the grocery.”
“A science only advances with certainty, when the plan of inquiry and the object of our researches have been clearly defined; otherwise a small number of truths are loosely laid hold of, without their connexion being perceived, and numerous errors, without being enabled to detect their fallacy.”

Source : Jean Baptiste Say, Charles Robert Prinsep (1857). “A Treatise on Political Economy; Or, The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth”, p.15
“If you truly believe in yourself and your skills, most times, it's enough.”

Source : "UFC On FOX 7: Daniel Cormier doesn't feel Mir is a step up in competition". Interview with Stephie Daniels, www.bloodyelbow.com. April 17, 2013.

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