Steven Pinker Quotes

I spent 20 years doing research on regular and irregular verbs, not because I'm an obsessive language lover but because it seemed to me that they tapped into a fundamental distinction in language processing, indeed in cognitive processing, between memory lookup and rule-driven computation.

Steven Pinker

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MemoryMeResearchLanguageDoing

Puszczykowo is an important place in my life. I feel like I am at home there.

Angelique Kerber

LifeHomeI AmFeelMy LifePlace

I made my mark in a man's world.

Jeanine Pirro

ManWorldMarkMade

The history of the Jews has been written overwhelmingly by scholars of texts - understandably given the formative nature of the Bible and the Talmud. Seeing Jewish history through artifacts, architecture and images is still a young but spectacularly flourishing discipline that's changing the whole story.

Simon Schama

NatureHistoryDisciplineBible

Cinema is a reflection of its own society.

Shohreh Aghdashloo

ReflectionSocietyCinemaOwn

It's a strong country, but Mr. Obama seems to be doing everything he can to hold it back.

Trent Franks

StrongDoingBackCountryEverything

I do think observing is important in learning.

Roger Deakins

LearningThinkImportantObserving

Whatever I can do to help me be a better player, I'll do it.

Jason Pierre-Paul

MeBetterHelpI CanWhatever

A genuine man goes to the roots. To be a radical is no more than that: to go to the roots.

Jose Marti

ManRootsGoGenuineMoreRadical

One thing I often talk about in my business is that an eBook is not like a print book: it's very, very different. It's organic. It's changing.

Bob Mayer

BusinessBookTalkOrganicChanging

The prospect of coaching two of the game's most exciting and decorated players in Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson was incredibly appealing to me, and I look forward to beginning this new chapter in my career.

Anne Donovan

BirdBeginningMeGameForwardLook

And the sad truth is that nobody wants me to write comedy. The Exorcist not only ended that career, it expunged all memory of its existence.

William Peter Blatty

TruthSadMemoryMeTruth IsComedy

If I were living in France, I'd vote for Jacques Chirac, despite the fact that he can't seem to keep his hands out of the cash till.

Pim Fortuyn

HandsVoteLivingOutCashSeem

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