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Robert Sternberg Quotes

In other words, the better they did on the IQ test, the worse they did on the practical test and the better they did on the practical tests, the worse they did on the IQ test.

Robert Sternberg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: educator
Nationality: american
Birth: December 8, 1949

Topics

Words Better Test Tests Practical

As a singer, I've been criticized for sounding feminine. They say I don't belong in any category, male or female, pop or jazz. But early on, I saw my suffering as my salvation.

Jimmy Scott

Suffering Early Say Jazz Singer Saw

We started playing music because of the Wu-Tang Clan.

John Gourley

Music Playing Started Because Clan

So many differing opinions and philosophies... are rarely housed under the roof of a single magazine.

Jeff Vandermeer

Opinions Single Roof Magazine Many

There are two ways to look at my publishing career. One is that I'm a novelist churning out books, who is eight into a series; the other way is that I'm a cartoonist, just starting out. Most cartoonists have long careers: Charles Schulz drew Peanuts for 50 years.

Jeff Kinney

Long Look Career Way Starting Out

If you vote to leave the E.U.... we will have additional flexibility to help industries who really need it.

Michael Gove

Help You Vote Will Need Flexibility

ABC Family is where the good stuff is at. I'm so excited to be a part of this network because they've really done a great job introducing shows that are heartfelt, exciting, and everything you'd want.

Skyler Samuels

Family Good Great Job You Done

For me, writing in public is actually super energizing and so much fun. Especially when writing can typically be really painful and certainly hard, and often, you're staring at the page and thinking, like, 'Uh, is this any good? What am I doing?'

Robin Sloan

Good Fun Me Writing Thinking Doing

I like to make the mundane fabulous whenever I can.

Rufus Wainwright

I Can Fabulous Mundane Make Like

My impulse is to create an aesthetic that's about a humanistic approach to a world and trying to create compassion for all the characters.

Mike White

Compassion World Aesthetic Trying

We're doing what we want to do, and that's why the kids respect us.

Mike D

Respect Doing Want Why Us Kids

A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.

Michel de Montaigne

Man Wise Wise Man He Much Ought

Pathos and poignancy are, to me, tactics and techniques; in my work as a writer, I fetch them from my toolbox and use them as required.

Michel Faber

Work Me Tactics Writer Use Pathos