Steven Pinker Quotes

Most intellectuals today have a phobia of any explanation of the mind that invokes genetics.

Steven Pinker

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Relief organizations both large and small are coordinating deliveries of food, clothing, water, and other basic necessities to those impacted by Katrina.

Jo Bonner

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I grew up in a low-income family. I was raised by a single mother.

Jessica Chastain

FamilyMotherSingleUpI Was Raised

When I composed, I heard my music played by the orchestra within days of completion of the score. No master at a conservatory, no matter how revered, can teach as much by verbal criticism as can a cold and analytical hearing of one's own music being played.

Andre Previn

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I have two children myself. I always laugh; they have you playing mothers pretty early, us women. You look at the television, the mothers get younger and younger, and the children get older and older, and you start to wonder when these people had these children. Were they breeding when they were 12?

Megan Follows

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Conscientious people are self-disciplined, hard workers who spend the least amount of time on Facebook.

Amy Morin

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As a singer, you can't hear what's coming out of your throat; you're only hearing it from the inside, so you need a trusted person who knows how your voice works. It's like a car. You take it to the same mechanic because they know it inside out, and every time you get it back, it works fantastic.

Stephen Costello

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Of all the artists on Death Row, none of them went bankrupt.

Suge Knight

DeathArtistsNoneThemBankrupt

Proceeding further, to inquire whether the facts related by the Four Evangelists are proved by competent and satisfactory evidence, we are led, first, to consider on which side lies the burden of establishing the credibility of the witnesses.

Simon Greenleaf

FactsBurdenFirstSideCredibility

When I started acting, one of the first things I learned was - especially in Hollywood - was branding. I'm a tall guy. I'm like, 'Yeah, that's probably going to be my foot in the door,' because that's my impression on everybody. I'm an athletic guy, and I think, because I grew up disliking jocks so much, that became, like, the character for me.

Ross Butler

CharacterMeDoorThinkActingTall

You forget about it whether it was 15-2 or 3-2. It's still a loss. It doesn't matter what the score was if we win tomorrow.

Derek Jeter

TomorrowWinLossYouForgetMatter

If you're reading to find friends, you're in deep trouble.

Claire Messud

ReadingDeepFriendsYouFind

It has nothing to do with commercial success. You cannot calculate in your head how to put the mosaic together to make a commercial film: that's out of the question.

Arthur Cohn

SuccessTogetherYouNothingHead

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