Robert Jay Lifton Quotes

As a kid I was fascinated with sports, and I loved sports more than anything else. The first books I read were about sports, like books about Baseball Joe, as one baseball hero was called.

Robert Jay Lifton

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I figured out how to catch fugitives without a gun.

John Walsh

GunWithoutOutCatchHowFigured

Every riff had to be perfect and heavy, collectively what we wanted it to be. If there was one person in the room who went, 'Heh, I don't think it is there yet, guys,' we'd scrap the whole song. I think that took a little bit of songwriting maturity for us.

Johnny Christ

MaturitySongThinkPerfectPerson

Startups have finite time and resources to find product/market fit before they run out of money. Therefore startups trade off certainty for speed, adopting 'good enough decision making' and iterating and pivoting as they fail, learn, and discover their business model.

Steve Blank

GoodBusinessTimeDecisionMoney

I found myself fascinated by neuroscience, attended a monthly lecture on brain science at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, and was invited to become a member of a discussion group devoted to a new field: neuropsychoanalysis.

Siri Hustvedt

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When I look around the world, I don't see too many damsels in distress. If they're a damsel in distress, they're manipulating some guy to help them.

Sigourney Weaver

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There's no better feeling as a writer than to see your piece going beyond what you can have ever imagined. And a wonderful way for that to happen is for new audiences to discover it.

Tom Kitt

BetterYouFeelingNewWayBeyond

With country, it's hard to penetrate the thick layers of commercialism that have been applied like shellac coatings over the real thing.

Ry Cooder

CountryHardRealOverLayersBeen

I'm on this road for the rest of my life.

Dennis Banks

LifeRoadRestMy Life

I think everybody is always selling me short, and then I always prove them wrong.

CM Punk

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Not everything is about money.

Suze Orman

MoneyEverythingAbout

Any man who puts a pair of gloves on deserves respect because lots wouldn't dream of it. To get in there and go one-on-one, you need your hand shaking afterwards. Many men wouldn't get involved.

Tyson Fury

RespectMenManYouDreamHand

We played with AC/DC. There are actual recordings of us doing 'Johnny B Good' together.

Rick Nielsen

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