"I just want to help people do better research."

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Source : "We talked to the scientist at the center of a brutal firestorm in the field of psychology" by Rafi Letzter, www.businessinsider.com. September 26, 2016.

Andrew Gelman

#People Quotes #Research Quotes #Want Quotes

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
“In Godâ€™s great plan, every detail is important, even yours, even my humble little witness, even the hidden witness of those who live their faith with simplicity in everyday family relationships, work relationships, friendships. There are the saints of every day, the â€œhiddenâ€ saints, a sort of â€œmiddle class of holinessâ€ to which we can all belong.”
“Be wise, because the world needs more wisdom. And if you cannot be wise, pretend to be someone who is wise, and then just behave like they would.”
“Your perception of the world around you is not necessarily the same as what is actually occurring.”

Source : Peter Ralston, Laura Ralston (2011). “Zen Body-Being: An Enlightened Approach to Physical Skill, Grace, and Power”, p.7, North Atlantic Books
“Peace was declared, but not all of us were drunk with joy or stricken blind.”

Source : George Grosz (1982). “The autobiography of George Grosz: a small yes and a big no”
“Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks.”
“Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.”
“That subject has lost its one time appeal to economists as our science has become more abstract, but my interest has even grown more intense as the questions raised by the sociology of science became more prominent.”

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