Peer Review Where a scientific report is sent out to peers (other scientists) who examine the data and results, and if they think that the conclusion is reasonable it's published.

Model A simplified picture of what's physically going on.

Prediction/Hypothesis A specific testable statement, based on a theory, about what will happen in a test situation.

Variable A quantity that has the potential to change, e.g. weight, temperature, concentration.

Prediction/Hypothesis A specific testable statement, based on a theory, about what will happen in a test situation

Precise Result A result that is really close to the mean.

Random Error A difference in measurement caused by an unpredictable factor, e.g. human error.

Repeatable Result A Result that can be repeated by the same person using the same method and equipment.

Reproducible Result A result that can be consistently reproduced in an independent experiment.

Valid Conclusion A conclusion that answers the original question.

Accurate Result A result that is really close to the true answer.

Variable A quantity that has the potential to change, e.g. weight, temperature, concentration.

Independent Variable The variable you change in an experiment.

Dependent Variable The variable you measure in an experiment.

Control Group A group in a study that is treated in exactly the same way as the experimental group, apart from the factor you're investigating.

Placebo A dummy pill or injection that looks exactly like the real drug, but doesn't contain the drug.

Sample size The number of samples in the investigation, e.g. the number of people in a drug trial

Virginia Woolf was wrong. You do not need a room of your own to write.

I want to be elected on my own ability. Only then do you have progress... People should not use race as a basis for labelling me.

Open Society Foundations is essentially another name for George Soros, who is a committed leftist, one-world-government ideologue.

So many people live with anger and unforgiveness, and many of them are Christians.

I don't want to play earnest. I'd rather play somebody who's kind of sleazy. It's much more fun, especially in a comedy. You don't want to be some earnest guy who's just trying to do the right thing but can't. I want to be doing the wrong thing intentionally.

My dream is to have a house on the beach even just a little shack somewhere so I can wake up have coffee look at dolphins be quiet and breathe the air.

I love breakfast, and I don't see any reason it has to be cereal and eggs and toast.

The moment our dignity is undermined we get up in arms and want to see our dignity restored especially if we are humiliated.

Everybody in our family studied a musical instrument. My father was really big on that. Somehow I only took a year or two of piano lessons and I convinced my father to let me take dancing lessons.

To balance and control your emotions is one of the most important things in life. Positive emotions enhance your life. Negative emotions sabotage your life.

Once I start writing about somebody, I become very protective of them.

No one man is superior to the game.

I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.

It seems natural to surround my fictional world with animals because my reality is full of them. When I'm sitting there conceiving a story, they just pop up.

Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.

I am a Justin Bieber fan, but I am also so fascinated by how weird pop music can be and how manipulated it can be, so I enjoy thinking about that side of it too. I feel bad for him. I could never imagine growing up that way.

I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.

As for gun control advocates I have no hope whatever that any facts whatever will make the slightest dent in their thinking or lack of thinking.

I don't find it a struggle to maintain a healthy diet now as my palate has changed. I don't crave rich food.

We had a week off in the middle of shooting, but as soon as everyone stopped, we all went down with six different types of flu and other unmentionable diseases.

For me, the game starts with starting pitching.

Actually, I went from doing a lot of movies early on in my career, then to doing TV, and I don't know whether we'll get back to some movies or not.

In Europe we could do it, if we fly as soon as the event is over.

I am not a member of the CIA or any other intelligence agency.