Stephen J. Dubner Quotes

What's really the driver of talent is not raw ability. It's not even just experience. It's what's called 'deliberate practice,' which is to say, if you do something a lot, you get really good at it.

Stephen J. Dubner

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In general, you don't want to move your kids when they're teenagers. They're not going to be happy with you.

Jeremy Sisto

HappyBe HappyYouWantGoingMove

Fling but a stone, the giant dies.

Matthew Green

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I feel like sometimes, when I talk about 'Transparent,' I'm in a cult. And in some ways, I guess I sort of am, although it's a cult that pays me, and I don't pay it, so maybe that's a really good cult.

Amy Landecker

GoodMeFeelSometimesTalkPay

Our warriors and their families don't ask for much. But there are a few things we'd like. A commander-in-chief who speaks of winning wars and not merely ending wars, calls the enemy by its name, and draws red lines carefully but enforces them ruthlessly.

Tom Cotton

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The euphemistically named CropLife America speaks for the pesticide industry.

Michael Pollan

AmericaIndustrySpeaksNamed

I'm trying to learn how to tap into the power of my own being. I know it sounds corny.

Lucinda Williams

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Buy tabloids. Celebrity gossip is engrossing. Celebrity cellulite can make you forget turbulence.

Julia Cameron

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Obviously there will be a backlash. If you believe the hype you have to believe a backlash too. Any criticism we get, is always stuff we've already criticised ourselves.

Jonny Greenwood

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I'd spent 25 years in government when I left the Defense Department back in '93, decided I'd go spend the rest of my career in the private sector, and then the president tapped me to come be his running mate. And it's been a remarkable experience. I wouldn't have missed it for the world.

Dick Cheney

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If you want to do really important things in life and big things in life, you can't do anything by yourself. And your best teams are your friends and your siblings.

Deepak Chopra

LifeBestYourselfFriendsYouWant

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

Plato

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I'm dealing in rock'n'roll. I'm, like, I'm not a bona fide human being.

Phil Spector

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