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“I think there are multiple studies now to demonstrate that diversity, a better balance between genders, but also between different fields as well, is actually conducive to better growth, better bottom line, better results.”

Thinking Wells Different Growth Lines Results Study Fields Balance Diversity Bottom Gender Multiple Bottom Line

Author:Christine Lagarde

“The most fruitful areas for the growth of the sciences were those which had been neglected as a no-man's land between the various established fields.”

Men Growth Land Fields Areas Various Neglected

Book:Cybernetics Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine

Source: Cybernetics Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine

“Our scientists all the more occupy advanced positions in the development of world science. By the example of their successes in the field of atomic energy, our scientists and technicians have vividly shown how much the increased might of the Soviet state and the further growth of its international authority depends on their efforts and practical successes.”

World States Might Energy Growth Effort Example Fields Position Depends Development Authority Scientist International Practicals Soviet Technicians Atomic Energy

Author:Vyacheslav Molotov

“The U.S. unemployment rate is the lowest it's been in nearly seven years. The job sector that has seen the most growth is in the field of Republican presidential candidates.”

Years Jobs Growth Fields Republican Seven Rate Presidential Candidates Unemployment Lowest Seven Years Presidential Candidate Unemployment Rate

Author:Conan O'Brien

“A grand and almost untrodden field of inquiry will be opened, on the causes and laws of variation, on correlation of growth, on the effects of use and disuse, on the direct actions of external conditions, and so forth.”

Use Action Law Causes Growth Conditions Effects Fields Direct Inquiry Variation Correlation Direct Action

Book:The Annotated Origin: A Facsimile of the First Edition of On the Origin of Species

Source: The Annotated Origin: A Facsimile of the First Edition of On the Origin of Species

“For boys, the family was the place from which one sprang and to which one returned for comfort and support, but the field of action was the larger world of wilderness, adventure, industry, labor, and politics. For girls, the family was to be the world, their field of action the domestic circle. He was to express himself in his work and, through it and social action, was to help transform his environment; her individual growth and choices were restricted to lead her to express herself through love, wifehood, and motherhood--through the support and nurture of others, who would act for her.”

World Helping Action Choices Girl Individual Social Growth Boys Support Environment Fields Adventure Industry Comfort Labor Motherhood Circles Wilderness Nurture Social Action

Author:Gerda Lerner

“The computer field is intoxicated with change. We have seen galloping growth over a period of four decades and it still does not seem to be slowing down. The field is not mature yet and already it accounts for a significant percentage of the Gross National Product both directly and indirectly.”

Doe Stills Seems Growth Four Fields Products Periods Computer Accounts Decades Significant Mature Slow Down Gross Percentages Slowing Intoxicated Galloping

Author:Fernando J. Corbato

“It is much easier to make intellectual messes than it is to clarify complicated issues, especially when real solutions would challenge the status quo and require much careful thought across many fields of knowledge. Problems of climatic change, biotic impoverishment, population growth, and the choices to be made by various technologies and the transition to a sustainable and decent society with an economy that works over the long-term are difficult, complex, and intertwined problems with many possible answers.”

Source: The Last Refuge: Patriotism, Politics, and the Environment in an Age of Terror

“The study of how substances alter gene expression is part of the field of epigenetics. Some chemical exposures appear to turn on and turn off genes in ways that disregulate cell growth and predispose for cancer. From this perspective, our genes are less the command-and-control masters of our cells and more like the keys of piano, with the environment as the hands of the pianist.”

Source: Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment

“A new study says by 2030 household robots will dominate every phase of our lives. The study says the No. 1 field for robot growth is medicine. That makes sense. Robots already perform well in surgery. That is, until there is a power outage. Then it's just a coat rack leaning over you as you bleed to death.”

Wells Growth Study Our Lives Fields Medicine Make Sense Over You Household Phases Surgery Coats Robots Racks

Author:Craig Ferguson

“Everything comes from one thing, everything comes from the Spirit. Jazz would not exist had it not been for gospel music, the blues would not exist had it not been for spiritual blues, which goes back to slave songs our fore fathers were singing while they were out in the field. So it's all one continuous growth from one group of people. Of course jazz now is played by various cultures and colors around the world. But the stimulus is One Voice.”

People World Spiritual Spirit Song Culture Courses Father Growth Voice One Thing Groups Fields Color Singing Jazz Slave Various Around The World Stimulus Gospel Music Continuous Growth

Author:Ramsey Lewis

“My mother always said that the strongest steel is forged by the fires of hell. That which doesn't kill us doesn't have to make us bitter, unless we let it. Those fires show us what we can survive and clear the field for new growth. For a better harvest.”

Said Shows Mother Growth Hell Clear Fire Fields Bitter Strongest Steel Harvest Forged New Growth

Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon

“If we want growth today to be more innovation-driven, more inclusive and more sustainable, then we need a more active state, not a less active one. Yet we still hear the dogma that we should just fix market failure by focusing on science and infrastructure, and to "level the playing field."”

Ifs Want Needs Should Stills States Today Growth Levels Fields Innovation Active Driven Dogma Infrastructure Playing Fields Market Failure

Author:Mariana Mazzucato

“Fixing markets isn't enough. We have to actively shape and create them and tilt the playing field in the direction of the growth we want.”

Want Enough Growth Fields Shapes Fixing Playing Fields Tilt

Author:Mariana Mazzucato