Steven Pinker Quotes

Astrology had an important role in the ancient world. You can't understand many things unless you know something about astrology - the plays of Shakespeare and so on.

Steven Pinker

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In short, all things that please the natural man in this world, are, to a true Christian, only so many crosses and temptations, allurements of sin and snares of death, that continually exercise his virtue.

Johann Arndt

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Armando Iannucci is one of my heroes. As I was growing up, he was probably the most influential comic voice that I had.

John Oliver

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In New Japan, it is kept very simple. It's about proving to the other man or woman that you are the better person. And guess what? It's about championships.

Mauro Ranallo

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No matter what argument you make against evolution, the response is, 'Well, you know, it's possible to believe in evolution and believe in God.' Yes, and it's possible to believe in Spiderman and believe in God, but that doesn't prove Spiderman is true.

Ann Coulter

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Hollywood can be a very stinging town. They say it's a forgiving business. It's not that forgiving.

Jeff Conaway

BusinessSayHollywoodThey SayTown

I couldn't work my way into being a good-looking guy.

Stephen Dillane

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I love the classic crooners, but I got that from my mother - she worked in a record store.

Tori Amos

LoveMotherSheClassicGotStore

You just have to hope that they'll grant you an interview.

Lisa Guerrero

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Although I do wrong, I do not the wrongs that I am charged with doing; the wrong that I do is through the frailty of human nature, like other men. No man lives without fault.

Joseph Smith, Jr.

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I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.

Christina Aguilera

ArtThinkBeingBurlesqueFormToo

My brother was very important to me. And he played guitar. So that's what I wanted to be. I wanted to be a guitar player. So he was the first one to inspire me to do something with my life. And I was so glad that he was there.

Bootsy Collins

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I had crashes when I was small and Gumby-like that would have killed me now. I would just fly off jumps and go 40 or 50 meters when I was 6 years old - break skis, smash my goggles and get a bloody nose and go crawl inside for a little while and then come back out and ski more in the afternoon.

Bode Miller

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