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Stephen J. Dubner Quotes

If the day's writing has been particularly good or particularly bad, a glass of scotch will be involved.

Stephen J. Dubner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: August 26, 1963

Topics

Good Day Writing Bad Glass Will

I thank my mom... I thank God for my mom every day because I think if it wasn't for her, who knows?

God Day Mom Thank God Think Her

From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I have no recollection of any real desire ever to be anything else.

John Philip Sousa

Music Childhood Desire Real Anything

You get educated by traveling.

Solange Knowles

Travel You Educated Get Traveling

If someone asks me to go to speak at, say, Princeton, I might or might not go. But if someone asks me from Norman, Oklahoma, I certainly will go.

Me Speak Someone Go Say Will

I watched R.E.M. connect with the back row of a 50,000-seat venue.

Back Connect Venue Watched Row

There was a failure to recognize the deep problems in AI; for instance, those captured in Blocks World. The people building physical robots learned nothing.

Failure People World Building Deep

I damaged my Achilles tendon, so I can't run.

Run Damaged Achilles

Creativity and insight almost always involve an experience of acute pattern recognition: the eureka moment in which we perceive the interconnection between disparate concepts or ideas to reveal something new.

Moment Experience Creativity Ideas

I seek out things that terrify me, like an improv class. I'm terrified of sharks, but I scuba dive. I'm not good at auditioning, but I force myself to do it all the time. I've never met anybody who is fearless, but the more you push against your own boundaries, the easier it becomes to push.

Good Time Myself Me Fearless Push

I know that if I had a television in my flat I would convince myself that everything on it was really interesting. I would say, 'I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here!' is so sociologically fascinating that I think I'd better watch.

Myself Me Think Better Interesting

Wringing your hands about states' rights, forget it. They're gone. Basically, the federal government can do whatever it wants. Who's going to protect the states? My court? Ha - we're feds!

Government Hands Forget Protect Gone

Airlines are interesting. They not only favor celebrities, they court them.

Interesting Favor Only Court Them

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