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"Science has a culture that is inherently cautious and that is normally not a bad thing. You could even say conservative, because of the peer review process and because the scientific method prizes uncertainty and penalises anyone who goes out on any sort of a limb that is not held in place by abundant and well-documented evidence."
"In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process."
"Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers."
"You must not demand the failure of your peers, because the more good things that are around in film, in television, in theater - why the better it is for all of us."
"All things being equal, the primary competitive advantage of your business will be your ability to grow Leaders Without Titles faster than your industry peers."
"No matter how much care we put into hiding our passions under the appearances of devotion and honor, they can always be seen to peer out through these covers."
"When you put your hand on the Bible, you are saying something much stronger than just telling your peers that you're going to tell the truth."
"They [Japanese whalers] haven't produced a single peer-reviewed international scientific paper in 23 years."
"I'm not quite as limber, but for my peers and my age group, I'm still top notch!"
"They dared not peer down into their own natures, down into the feverish confusion that filled their minds with a kind of dense, acrid mist."
"A charm invests a face Imperfectly beheld,— The lady dare not lift her veil For fear it be dispelled. But peers beyond her mesh, And wishes, and denies,— Lest interview annul a want That image satisfies."
"I'm being compared to the impossible. I never saw Mays, Aaron or Clemente play. What about the people I face every day? Tim Raines is the best? Mattingly is the best? Why not compare me to my peers?"
"I done became bigger swervin writin in my peer's lane. Same dudes that used to holla my engineer's name."
"If you live in an acquisitive society you are likely to be acquisitive, but it isn't deeply rooted in human nature, except in the sense that it's deeply rooted to be psychologically receptive to your peers and to advertising."
"It's sometimes comical to hear the younger generation ask their peers to repeat themselves."
"The reliance on social media as the avenue to get peer insight continues to increase."
"Gloucester, we have done deeds of charity, made peace of enmity, fair love of hate, between these swelling wrong-incensed peers."
"When you win a Grammy... you're thinking about you winning. It is amazing. Your peers and folks in the record business are saying, 'This is what we think of you.' And that's why the Grammy will always be, to me, the ultimate in what you get as far as a music trophy, because it is the one."
"I do know that people tend to do their best work when they're challenged and stimulated by their peers."
"Can I request another peer guide, One who isn't so happy to be at school at 7:30 a.m.?"
