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Steven Pinker Quotes

M.I.T. has a reputation for turning out Dilberts. They may be brilliant in what they do, but no one can understand what they say.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: canadian
Birth: September 18, 1954

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Reputation Say Understand Brilliant

I'm glad I won it because when I grew up the Pulitzer was the award that every composer wanted and I was like that too.

John Corigliano

Award Up Because Like Glad Wanted

When I played a club in Salt Lake City, I complained to the crowd about the low turnout. It's always good to berate the people who paid to see you because you're upset about the people who didn't show up. It's called misplaced anger, and without it, I wouldn't have an act.

Good Anger People City You Lake

I found a great mentor early on in my career, Dave Duffield - a legendary software innovator, great individual, and a wonderful leader and human being.

Leader Great Mentor Early Career

The thing is the game is getting tougher and tougher and we have to ask a lot of our bodies.

Amelie Mauresmo

Game Ask Our Getting Thing Tougher

I just got tired of being sick and tired and feeling down. Unfortunately, you don't realize this until you're getting sober but the reason why you're depressed all the time is it's the drugs that are depressing you.

Time Tired Sick You Feeling Down

I've been focused on the West Coast economy and being a banker and lending in these markets.

Focused Economy West West Coast Been

I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent or lower. And say, we are not going to spend above that level. Democrats, they want to raise your taxes and spend more and more and turn us into an economy which is no longer driven by the private sector.

Government Back Say Want Cap Taxes

I cannot tell a joke. But I can do a situation, that it becomes a joke.

Situation I Can Joke Tell Cannot

I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it.

Hate You I Can Done Want Shy

From Day 1 I wasn't planning to run until I am very old.

Day I Am Planning Run Old Until

If you replace the word God in the Bible with the word Truth, it reads exactly right.

God Truth Bible You Right Replace

Get into the habit of imagining an alternate scenario. By posing such 'imagine if' questions... we can distance ourselves from the frames, cues, anchors and rhetoric that might be affecting us.

Habit Questions Posing Distance Us

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