Steven Pinker Quotes

One of the perks of being a psychologist is access to tools that allow you to carry out the injunction to know thyself.

Steven Pinker

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ToolsYouKnowOutCarryBeing

If Congress wanted to intervene with the Federal Reserve, well, we created the Federal Reserve. We could uncreate it. But would you want Congress regulating the money supply? We'd have drowned in inflation, or gone bankrupt, decades ago.

Jim Cooper

MoneyYouCongressWantGoneWell

I'm so tired of the privacy advocates.

Robert Scoble

TiredPrivacy

I did a lot of sitcoms, and being funny isn't about being beautiful. Usually, beautiful people aren't the funny people.

Maura Tierney

FunnyBeautifulPeopleBeing Funny

I had a little bit of resistance to the idea of taking energy away from my work, and the baby comes along and, lo and behold, that's exactly what happens.

Ani DiFranco

WorkBabyEnergyResistanceLittle

I watch documentaries for information. I watch films to be entertained.

Meshell Ndegeocello

InformationWatchDocumentariesFilms

There's nothing but spirit in music. That's all it is. Yeah, there's a lot of intellectual elements to it, but no matter how you approach it, it's all spirit.

Amos Lee

MusicYouIntellectualNothingHow

I spend the most time with the Wii.

Alyssa Sutherland

TimeMostSpend

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.

Stephen Sondheim

LiveMusicPoetryPageFadeStage

I'm an actress. It's my passion. It's - I've always lived for acting.

Sophia Loren

PassionActingAlwaysLivedActress

I think it's a responsibility for everyone to give back.

Stacy Keibler

ResponsibilityThinkBackEveryone

Motherhood is such an evolving journey.

Solange Knowles

JourneyMotherhoodEvolving

Back a hundred years ago, especially around Woodrow Wilson, what happened in this country is we took freedom and we chopped it into pieces.

Ron Paul

FreedomBackCountryYearsPieces

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