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Steven Pinker Quotes

The 9/11 strikes left an indelible impact on our minds, but in relative terms, the scale of casualties actually wasn't all that high.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Impact Minds High Left Our Relative

Interestingly, I never thought I'd do an adaptation. I've also been quite against them. I think trying to translate one medium to another is wrong. I never really felt that books fitted into film. Generally people are disappointed, aren't they?

People Think Thought Trying Wrong

I'm great at telling stories with the kids. I do all my different accents. We make our own stories up all the time, the four of us, me and Hannah and the kids.

Great Time Me Up Own Us

When someone asks, 'Does success make you into a monster?' I always say, 'No, it enables you to be a monster.'

Success Someone You Say Monster

What we believe about heaven and hell is incredibly important because it exposes what we believe about who God is and what God is like.

God Believe Hell Heaven Important

I think a part of me romantically thinks it would be amazing to learn to dance or ice skate, but in reality, I don't think it would be beneficial to my career.

Dance Amazing Me Think Reality Ice

I am a central European with an English education and a deplorable tendency to constant self-analysis. I am irritable and have weak nerves.

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Education I Am Weak English Constant

We have cellphones and smartphones and iDevices and laptops and the ability to be perpetually connected. We never have to miss anything, significant or insignificant.

Connected Never Ability Anything

The extraordinary genius of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie 100 years ago was their recognition that the great wealth they had amassed could be put to public good and used to solve the complex problems for which there were no other sources of capital.

Good Great Problems Genius Wealth

We choose the national park idea because it's really the highest form of protection for landscapes that exists under current law, especially in Chile and Argentina.

Douglas Tompkins

Law Choose Park Protection Argentina

The Liberals have been pressing for the brief on the basis of which he said there was authority for war.

War Said Authority Been Liberals He

The ability to breathe the air and drink the water will be what the wars will be about from here on in. And it's coming with alarming rapidity.

William Shatner

Water Will Drink Breathe Ability

In China, people are moving from bigger cars to small hatches, and interestingly, the Indian market is graduating to bigger cars and sedans. I will say that we will not put money only in just one segment.

Winfried Vahland

Money People Moving Small Say Will

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