“I grew up in Glen Ellyn, which is about 20 miles west of Chicago. I attended Glenbard South High School and University of Illinois. I didn't study acting until I moved to Los Angeles after college, but the fact that I was raised in the Chicago area set the stage for all of my comedic and acting sensibilities.” FactsSchoolActingStudyStageCollegeGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolAreasMovedWestSouthRaisedUniversityMilesLos AngelesChicagoSensibilityComedicIllinois Author:Ryan McPartlin
“It's been proven by quite a few studies that plants are good for our psychological development. If you green an area, the rate of crime goes down. Torture victims begin to recover when they spend time outside in a garden with flowers. So we need them, in some deep psychological sense, which I don't suppose anybody really understands yet.” IfsNeedsStudyCrimeFlowerDevelopmentAreasGardenVictimGreenPlantRatePsychologicalTortureProvenEnd TimesSpend TimePsychological Development Author:Jane Goodall
“My first dream as a child was to become a pilot. My second dream was to become an astronomer, and I pursued in parallel efforts and studies in these two areas.” FirstsChildrenTwoDreamEffortStudyAreasPilotsParallelsPursuedAstronomers Author:Claude Nicollier
“I did a series of classes in psychology (at the institute), .. The students that came to that class had children. And over a period of a few years, they decided they wanted a nursery school, a play group (to watch over their children while they were studying). So in one of the garages that was near where we were having the classes, we established a play group area and the students volunteered to supervise. That eventually led to building a state-licensed nursery school, which was approved by the California department of social welfare.” YearsChildrenStatesPlayWantedSchoolSocialClassWatchesStudyPsychologyGroupsStudentsBuildingPeriodsAreasDecidedSeriesCaliforniaWelfareDepartmentInstituteGarageApprovedNurserySocial WelfareNursery School Author:Dorothy Nolte
“After years of work in both areas of study, I concluded that the social sciences were different, in many important ways, from the natural sciences, but that the same scientific methods were applicable in both areas, and, indeed, that no very useful work could be done in either area except by scientific methods.” WayYearsImportantDifferentDoneSocialNaturalStudyAreasMethodScientific MethodSocial ScienceNatural Science Book:The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis Source: The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis
“I'm sure lots of people would love to ridicule me when I say this, but it is true: many people die from cold related deaths every winter, and here are studies that say that climate change in certain areas of the world would help those individuals.” PeopleWorldHelpingCertainDiesIndividualStudyColdAreasClimateWinterClimate ChangeRelatedRidiculeTrue Man Author:Dana Perino
“The launch of phase 1 Ebola vaccine studies is a first step in developing a vaccine that could be licensed and used in the field to protect not only the front line health care workers but also those living in areas where Ebola virus exists.” FirstsCareUsedLinesStepsStudyFrontsFieldsProtectAreasWorkersDevelopingHealth CareFirst StepsPhasesVirusesVaccinesEbolaEbola Virus Author:Anthony S. Fauci
“Studying neuro-linguistic programming is what teaches you how to implant and extract thoughts. Mixing psychology, hypnotism and magic somewhat goes into this area called mentalism, which is what I mostly do. It’s magic of the mind.” MindTeachStudyPsychologyMagicAreasProgrammingMixingImplants Author:Keith Barry
“How ignorant we are! How ignorant everyone is! We can cut across only a small area of the appallingly expanding fields of knowledge. No human being can know more than a tiny fraction of the whole. It must have been satisfactory in ancient times when one's own land seemed to be the universe; when research studies, pamphlets, books did not issue in endless flow; when laboratories and scientists were not so rapidly pushing back frontiers of knowledge that the process of unlearning the old left you gasping for breath.” KnowsHumansHas BeensBookWholeUniverseLeftProcessHuman BeingsKnowledgeStudyIssuesCuttingLandFieldsResearchAreasFlowScientistBreathsAncientTinyEndlessIgnorantPushingExpandingFrontiersLaboratoryFractionsAncient TimesPushing BackResearch Study Author:Mary Barnett Gilson
“One important role for the city is to conduct studies to document areas of greatest need, and to facilitate coordination between our public and private transportation options to weave it into a dense tapestry of accessible and reliable transportation.” NeedsImportantCitiesRolesStudyAreasDocumentsTransportationDenseFacilitateTapestryCoordination Author:Mark Noble
“Studies show that people who abuse animals are far more likely to engage in interpersonal violence. Violent crime rates tend to be higher in areas where slaughterhouses are related, even when controlling for other variables.” PeopleShowsAnimalStudyViolenceCrimeHigherAreasAbuseRateViolentRelatedVariablesSlaughterhousesInterpersonalViolent CrimesCrime Rates Author:Jonathan Balcombe
“I try to learn certain areas of computer science exhaustively; then I try to digest that knowledge into a form that is accessible to people who don't have time for such study.” PeopleTryingFormCertainStudyComputerAreasComputer Science Author:Donald Knuth
“So, what I am learning to do is (to) learn each of their personalities - to study them, to learn how their natural bent is. Is it toward intellectualism. Is it toward athletics? Toward humor? Ministry? What makes each of them tick? And can I help them blossom in their areas of strength and win their hearts in doing so? So, that's one challenge in doing that.” HeartHelpingWinningNaturalChallengesStudyPersonalityAreasMinistryBentAthleticsTickIntellectualism Author:Alex Kendrick
“So-called 'higher education' is a veritable magnet for second-raters and actively destructive parasites bent on promoting unsound ideas to the inexperienced and gullible. The concentrate in areas like social studies, literature, and art - where opinion reigns supreme. And I find their opinions almost universally appalling.” ArtIdeasLiteratureSocialOpinionStudyHigherAreasSupremeDestructiveReignBentPromotingMagnetSocial StudiesHigher EducationParasitesGullibleLiterature And Art Author:Doug Casey
“In my reading and in my studies I always tried to achieve a harmony between faith, reason, and the heart. These are not separate areas, but are profoundly interconnected, each giving life to the other.” GivingHeartReasonReadingStudyAchieveAreasHarmonyInterconnected Author:Pope John Paul II
“The areas in which I teach are working-class history and African-American Studies and at its best the critical study of whiteness often grows out of those areas. The critical examination of whiteness, academic and not, simply involves the effort to break through the illusion that whiteness is natural, biological, normal, and not crying out for explanation.” GrowsNaturalEffortClassTeachBreakStudyCryNormalIllusionAreasCriticalAfrican AmericanExplanationAcademicWorking ClassExaminationBreak ThroughWhiteness Author:David Roediger
“I've been reading and researching various aspects of history - Dickens' London, Nelson's sea battles, Magellan's nautical explorations, the weapons and battles and key figures of the American Civil War - for most of my life. I pick up a book here or there or see a documentary or talk with an expert in the subject, and my curiosity about the one area of study and discovery always leads to another.” BookWarReadingStudySeaSubjectsFiguresKeysBattleWeaponsPicksDiscoveryAreasAspectCuriosityVariousLondonExpertsCivil WarExplorationDocumentariesAmerican Civil WarNelsonDickensNauticalMagellan Author:Gary Paulsen
“I began studying human emotions more than twenty years ago. At that time, almost every scientist working in this area was studying one of the negative emotions, like fear, anger, anxiety, or depression. I wondered why no scientists cared to explain why we humans sometimes feel upbeat and pleasant. I liked the idea of charting new terrain. It's been a fun intellectual puzzle. There's so much to discover!” FeelsYearsHumansIdeasSometimesFunEmotionStudyAnxietyIntellectualAreasNegativeYears AgoScientistTwentiesPleasantPuzzlesTerrainHuman EmotionsNegative EmotionsUpbeatCharting Author:Barbara Fredrickson
“Until African-Americans and Hispanics can get serious, not just about area studies, which are important, but also about science and technology, they're not going to generate that wealth and that job within those communities. And that has absolutely devastating consequences for the places where people live, for the jobs and for the wealth.” PeopleImportantJobsCommunityWealthTechnologyStudySeriousConsequenceAreasAfrican AmericanScience And Technology Author:Juan Enriquez
“My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series I did a lot of studying before I wrote the first book. I learned police procedure, the California criminal law, and many areas outside my expertise.” FirstsBookHardLawFatherFictionStudyTaughtAreasDecidedPoliceSeriesCriminalsCaliforniaProceduresDetectivesExpertiseFiction WritersCriminal LawDetective Fiction Author:Sue Grafton
“Many people nowadays who discover that they have a major symptom, whether psychological or physical, begin to study it. They get drawn very deeply into the area of their trouble. They want to know more than their doctor. That's a curious thing, and not at all the way it used to be.” PeopleKnowsWayWantUsedStudyTroubleMajorsAreasDoctorsPsychologicalUsed To BeCuriousSymptomsVery Deep Author:James Hillman
“There are several studies done of peasant uprisings where the first chapter might be 'conditions in that area' and so the conditions are bad, and then the second chapter is a kind of conjectural event, somebody's shot and then there's an uprising. But there's no consideration, no chapter on preparation.” FirstsKindDoneMightStudyConditionsEventsShotsAreasPreparationConsiderationChaptersPeasantsUprising Author:Vijay Prashad
“There is extensive critical scholarship that provides illustrations in many areas of scholarship. I've discussed many cases myself, while also citing and often relying on academic studies that disentangle these webs of mystification woven for the general public. It's impossible to provide illustrations that would even approach accuracy, let alone carry any conviction, without going well beyond the bounds of this discussion.” WellsCasesStudyImpossibleApproachAreasBoundsConvictionCriticalDiscussionAcademicScholarshipAccuracyWovenIllustrationGeneral PublicCiting Author:Noam Chomsky
“One area of study that still needs to be done is the kind of autism where kids have speech and they lose it. Some parents say it's happened right after vaccines. That group needs to be studied separately from others.” NeedsKindStillsDoneKidsParentLosesStudyHappenedGroupsSpeechAreasAutismVaccines Author:Temple Grandin
“I would like to study Judaism. I feel that my own Jewish education was really quite superficial from a certain point of view. Although I think the values were very clear and were presented very clearly, there's - there were aspects of the whole tradition that were not emphasized. And, you know, I've come to those areas myself as I've grown older. But I would like to go deeper.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsWholeCertainValuesMy OwnViewsStudyClearAreasAspectTraditionDeeperPoint Of ViewSuperficialJudaism Author:Leonard Cohen
“Both in Britain and America, huge publicity has been given to stem cells, particularly embryonic stem cells, and the potential they offer. Of course, the study of stem cells is one of the most exciting areas in biology, but I think it is unlikely that embryonic stem cells are likely to be useful in healthcare for a long time.” ThinkingLongHas BeensAmericaCoursesGivenStudyHugeOffersLong TimeAreasExcitingCellsBritainBiologyHealthcareStemUnlikelyPublicityStem CellEmbryonic Stem CellsBritain And America Author:Robert Winston
“Life is short, and potential studies infinite. We have a much better chance of accomplishing something significant when we follow our passionate interests and work in areas of deepest personal meaning.” Life IsInterestChanceStudyAreasInfinitePassionateSignificantLife Is ShortAccomplishing Something Book:The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded) Source: The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)
“Morphological information has provided the greatest single source of data in the formulation and development of the theory of evolution and that even now, when the preponderance of work is experimental, the basis for interpretation in many areas of study remains the form and relationships of structures.” FormScienceStudyInformationTheorySourceDevelopmentEvolutionAreasBasesRemainsStructureDataInterpretationTheory Of Evolution Author:Everett C. Olson
“I wanted to the best player in the state - [the best] the area has ever seen. That's always been my goal. Guys like Elgin Baylor, Adrian Dantley and Dave Bing, it's tough to pass those guys. So I'm studying, working. My project's not over yet. Hopefully, I get there.” StatesWantedGuyGoalStudyPlayerBasketballProjectsToughAreasHopefullyBest PlayersDaveBaylor Author:Kevin Durant
“If I lead the field in any way, it is in the area of curricula development, study guides and other teaching materials.” IfsWayStudyTeachingFieldsMaterialsDevelopmentAreasGuides Author:John Henrik Clarke