Maryanne Wolf Quotes

We humans invented literacy, which means it doesn't come for free with our genes like speech and vision. Every brain has to learn it afresh.

Maryanne Wolf

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VisionBrainFreeLearnSpeechCome

I have plenty of 'Law & Order' on my resume.

Jesse L. Martin

LawResumeOrderPlenty

I used to hang out with Salvador Dali a lot. He was such a nice man. I really liked his wife Gala, too. People say that she was tricky, but she was never difficult with me.

Jerry Hall

WifeManPeopleMeNiceSay

An artist needs to live to create, and to live means to suffer.

Joe Wright

LiveArtistCreateSufferMeans

The most exciting thing is not doing it. If you fall in love with someone and never do it, it's much more exciting.

Andy Warhol

LoveSomeoneDoingYouFallNever

I'm not an idealist. I know we're not going to be living in a world that's peace and love all the time. But we can live in a world where we kill each other a lot less.

Michael Franti

LoveLiveTimePeaceWorldLiving

Blackstone is a major client of many of the largest banks around the world.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

WorldClientManyAroundBanks

When the music business failed to embrace the Internet, I thought it was game, set and match for the industry, and I quit.

Tony Fernandes

BusinessMusicGameThoughtInternet

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.

Robert E. Lee

LifeGoodLiveLightWorldRegret

From 7 in the morning to 11 at night, I was reading. I don't think one can find any other time in one's life to be left alone so much to read in peace like that.

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

LifeMorningAloneTimePeaceNight

Dolly Parton... I love being around that woman! I worked really hard to keep up with her.

Dom DeLuise

LoveWomanHardUpHerKeep

Technology has brought us further than man could ever imagine, and it makes all information available. But it might not do the same exact thing that one human being asking another human being might do.

Brian Grazer

TechnologyManInformationUsAsking

The first step to eternal life is you have to die.

Chuck Palahniuk

LifeStepFirst StepDieYouFirst

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