Steven Pinker Quotes

We know about every massacre that has taken place close to the present, but the ones in the distant past are like trees falling in the forest with no one to hear them.

Steven Pinker

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PastTreesPresentForestPlace

My cure for writer's block is to step away from the thing I'm stuck on, usually a novel, and write something totally different. Besides fiction, I write poetry, screenplays, essays and journalism. It's usually not the writing itself that I'm stuck on, but thing I'm trying to write. So I often have four or five things going at once.

Jess Walter

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There's no question in my mind that it was C.I.A. sanctioned, and most - many Latin American investigators have come to the same conclusion. Of course, we never heard about that in our country.

John Perkins

MindAmericanCountryNeverQuestion

I've learned our soldiers are so much like everybody else. They're just put into an extreme situation.

Mary Gauthier

SituationSoldiersJustExtremeLike

A little work, a little sleep, a little love and it's all over.

Mary Roberts Rinehart

WorkLoveSleepOverLittle

Perhaps it's because I am reading romance differently than I did when I was younger, but I like my characters older. Grounded in reality. And nothing is more real than kids.

Molly O'Keefe

I AmReadingRealityNothingMore

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

Douglas MacArthur

WordsHonorYouCountryThreeDuty

A child in India grows up with the idea that you have to make choices that will create a better future. In fact, your whole life is a continuum of choices, so the more conscious you are, the greater your life will be.

Deepak Chopra

LifeFutureChildChoicesBetter

It's a woman's book but I think the men will read it too.

Colleen McCullough

MenWomanBookThinkWillRead

I've learned a lot from every musical collaboration I've ever had, but there's something about my relationship with Bjork that is special to me.

Arca

RelationshipMeCollaborationSpecial

Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it's a good place that we're all in, you know, on this earth, if we take care of it.

Alice Walker

LifeGoodBeautifulCareTake Care

As a border prosecutor, I've put criminals behind bars who worked for some of the most violent cartels in the world.

Susana Martinez

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Toronto is my home. It's where my family is. I think I feel an obligation to be within subway distance of the people who raised me.

Sheila Heti

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