"There are many differences between medicine and teaching, but they have much in common. Both involve craft and personal expertise, learned through experience; but both can be informed by the experience of others."

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

Ben Goldacre

#Teaching Quotes #Medicine Quotes #Differences Quotes

“I think we are living in a world that is too perfect and things are too retouched. I want to scream at the top of my lungs 'our imperfections are what make us special'”
“A good place to meet a man is at the dry cleaner. These men usually have jobs and bathe.”
“The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.”

Source : Guy de Maupassant (2007). “The Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant”, p.468, Wildside Press LLC
“No one has a clue how to build a conscious machine, at all. We have less clue about how to do that than we have about build a faster-than-light spaceship.”
“PhD, MFA, self-taught - the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart in the face of extremity, failure, and success.”

Source : "'MFA vs NYC': Both, Probably" by Andrew Martin, www.newyorker.com. March 28, 2014.
“I'm not Bill Evans. I'm not Keith Jarrett. I'm basically a singer who plays along with his voice.”
“You cannot break the human spirit.”
“I love the shows that are in dingy little dark clubs, smoky, no production whatsoever.”

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