Steven Pinker Quotes

Cognitive psychology has shown that the mind best understands facts when they are woven into a conceptual fabric, such as a narrative, mental map, or intuitive theory. Disconnected facts in the mind are like unlinked pages on the Web: They might as well not exist.

Steven Pinker

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BestMindFactsMapPsychologyWeb

People often think that reporters write their own headlines. In fact, they almost never do. The people who do write headlines are the copy editors who are the front and last lines of quality-checking in a newspaper before it goes to print.

Jennifer Lee

PeopleThinkCopyNewspaperNever

Ask any woman and she'll tell you: health care for women is more expensive than it is for men. In fact, during their reproductive years, women spend 68% more on health care than men do.

Rod Blagojevich

WomenHealthMenWomanCareYou

This independent report clearly indicates that while we may differ among ourselves in government about what to spend money on, we have one of the most reliable and non-political processes for agreeing on how much money there is. We don't play games with the numbers.

Ruth Ann Minner

MoneyGovernmentNumbersPlayGames

I had never binge-watched TV before 'Orange.'

Ruby Rose

OrangeNeverTVBeforeHad

I always knew I was different and that people had opinions about me. I guess I learned as best as I can to shield out a lot and live my life from within.

Matisyahu

LifeLiveBestPeopleMeMy Life

Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself.

Mason Cooley

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I never assume anyone will see or like things I do, honestly!

Josh Gondelman

WillNeverSeeThingsAssumeLike

I've lived my whole life exactly the way I've wanted to. Being gay, being white, being male, it doesn't matter to me. They're all things I'm born with.

Johnny Weir

LifeMeGayWhiteBornWay

What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.

Desiderius Erasmus

LegacyNameFameNothingEmpty

Repression is fantastic.

Courteney Cox

FantasticRepression

Even when I watch it, I laugh, because I think, 'That's me! I'm on 'Seinfeld.''

Constance Zimmer

MeThinkLaughWatchBecauseEven

Characters don't belong to anyone, not even the person who plays them.

Antonio Banderas

PersonBelongWhoEvenCharacters

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