Steven Pinker Quotes

There's a misconception that survival of the fittest means survival of the most aggressive. The adjective 'Darwinian' used to refer to ruthless competition; you used to read that in business journals. But that's not what Darwinian means to a biologist; it's whatever leads to reproductive success.

Steven Pinker

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That result at the French was a big break for me. I had been playing quite well up until that point but nobody really expected me to do well on clay - it was my worst surface. I had had some success on the clay but I was a set and a break up in the semi-final against Jausovec and maybe the enormity of the occasion got to me.

Jo Durie

SuccessMeResultNobodyWorstClay

I want to tell people that I had post-natal depression because there is so much stigma around the subject and there shouldn't be.

Jennifer Ellison

DepressionPeopleWantTellBecause

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?

John Ruskin

BestPeopleBookLongLookPrice

Embrace your fans and really work with them.

Rocky Wirtz

WorkEmbraceFansYourThemReally

You never let somebody come from outside the business, have their way with the business, and then leave the next day and laugh at you. How the hell does David Arquette become World Champion?

Roddy Piper

BusinessDayWorldChampionHell

I have three kids, and I'm a coach for a lot of their sports, so I'm around them a lot, but I see friends of mine with older kids and they don't really interact so much, other than giving them a place to live.

Mike O'Malley

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The night before, I'll lay out the makeup I want to put on: a brow filler, a lipstick - there's a NYX red one that looks great with those Team USA uniforms - and my lashes.

Michelle Carter

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I tend to not think about the kind of movie things I want to be doing, because I've worked in all sorts of different places, and I've spent all sorts of time in England, and I'd still do things in Australia and in America.

Miranda Otto

TimeThinkAmericaDoingAustralia

Communication will bring understanding and understanding will cause harmonious mutual relationships which can establish peace and stability.

Lobsang Tenzin

CommunicationPeaceUnderstanding

Everything I do, I do with reckless abandon.

Jolene Blalock

EverythingRecklessAbandon

Government or politics in America today is big business. Everybody makes money involving themselves in one way or the other, whether it's pollsters, whether they are policy wonks, whether they are pundits, whether they are those who believe that they must call it as they see it and then to be fair about it.

Douglas Wilder

BusinessTodayMoneyPoliticsWay

In presidential campaigns, experience as a candidate is an invaluable asset.

Bob Beckel

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