Maryanne Wolf Quotes

The acquisition of literacy is one of the most important epigenetic achievements of Homo sapiens. To our knowledge, no other species ever acquired it.

Maryanne Wolf

Recitation: by Male by Female

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KnowledgeImportantLiteracyMost

The architecture of a story can be a little bit different if it's a true story.

Joel Coen

ArchitectureStoryTrueLittleBit

War is murder. And the military preparations now being made for a potential major confrontation are aimed at collective murder. In a nuclear age the victims would be numbered by the millions. This naked truth must be faced.

Alva Myrdal

AgeTruthWarPotentialNowNaked

Let me tell you something, planes and kids... I've got a 3 and 1 year old, I don't wish that on anybody.

Steve Zahn

MeWishYearYouOldTell

If someone offered me a hundred million dollars to make a movie? I would first remind him that there are 850 million people in the world who don't have enough to eat.

Lloyd Kaufman

PeopleMeWorldSomeoneEnoughEat

Human beings are not designed to be alone. None of God's creatures are.

Chely Wright

GodAloneHumanHuman BeingsNone

I have got the job of my dreams.

Cory Booker

DreamsJobGot

I think there are so many extra benefits to running besides the health ones that come from getting your heart rate up, sweating, and all that other good stuff.

Christy Turlington

GoodHeartHealthThinkUpStuff

To me, I think of the '70s as being this glorious decade where I discovered who I was and discovered all these amazing things... punk rock, electro music, fashion, all of that.

Boy George

MusicAmazingMeFashionThinkRock

The fact is that during the post-1989 heyday of globalization optimism, political and business elites did not think enough about the prospect - plainly predicted in economic theory - that trade would harm some people even while leaving society as a whole better off. The result was overpromised benefits and inadequate adjustment plans.

Arancha Gonzalez

BusinessOptimismPeopleSociety

I think you leave your imprint on every screenplay. I like to bring my experience as a woman to all my female characters that hopefully makes them a little more layered and complex.

Allison Schroeder

ExperienceWomanThinkYouMore

I don't really care any longer what other people think.

Penelope Wilton

PeopleThinkCareLongerAnyReally

It was dangerous to hit the wrong kid in my neighborhood, because a lot of the guys I played with had fathers in the Mafia.

Tim Robbins

WrongDangerousMafiaKidBecause

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