Steven Pinker Quotes

Commerce is a noble profession, and Jews should get over any self-hatred they might harbor from contemplating the capitalist spirit of diaspora Judaism.

Steven Pinker

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SpiritOverNobleGetJudaismJews

I like to see people laugh who are normally serious.

Jimmy Fallon

PeopleLaughSeriousSeeWhoLike

This is my home. Home is where the disease is. As long as I stay in America, I'll never run out of subjects for songs.

Jello Biafra

HomeAmericaLongRunNeverOut

There's a similarity between European and North African folk musics.

Robert Plant

BetweenNorthSimilarityFolkMusics

Obama's coalition would have consigned him to the political margins as little as 12 years ago, but the nation's demographic changes are moving far more quickly than most Republicans anticipated.

John Podhoretz

MovingPoliticalMoreChangesNation

Western powers remain imprisoned by the idea that the world is a dangerous place, that it needs to be managed, and that they are called upon to do the managing.

Stephen Kinzer

WorldPlaceDangerousIdeaNeeds

I want to be challenged, I want to work, and I want to feel that I am not being held back, that there is something in front of me, something more inspiring than... just eating breakfast, you know?

Sofia Vassilieva

WorkI AmBreakfastMeEatingYou

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.

Ludwig Erhard

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For me, I'm sort of a wanna-be composer, and I love being involved with the arrangements.

Joshua Bell

LoveMeInvolvedBeingSortI Love

Once we played for the Princess of Monaco in Paris. We were the biggest ducks ever, wearing rented tuxedos. We trashed the party, took a bunch of girls and champagne in limos underneath the Eiffel Tower, and set up an acoustic show. It was like a Hilary Duff movie.

Conrad Sewell

PartyPrincessParisChampagneTower

I don't think you can get everything based on who you know, but you can't get anything until you do know the right people.

Brad Paisley

PeopleThinkYouKnowRightGet

One succeeds in obtaining an equivalent production at a lower price by improving the arts, trades and agriculture and by developing the physical and moral qualities of workers, farmers and craftsmen.

Antoine Lavoisier

AgriculturePriceMoralFarmersArts

Body-shaming is something I feel really strongly about. I think about my niece, I think about my friends who have daughters being on the Internet and reading these things, and it just makes me furious. It makes me so angry.

Allison Tolman

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