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Michael Shermer Quotes

My libertarian beliefs have not always served me well. Like most people who hold strong ideological convictions, I find that, too often, my beliefs trump the scientific facts.

Michael Shermer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
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Birth: September 8, 1954

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People Me Strong Facts Find Always

Sterling Holloway, the actor who had originally voiced Pooh, decided to retire in the mid-1980s. Disney decided that they wanted to continue this character with their 'New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' TV series.

Jim Cummings

Character New Actor Retire Continue

I have writing songs on my own for about six years.

Joanna Newsom

Writing My Own Years Own Six Songs

I loved the High Line when it was just mine, when I was the only person up there, and I had a private park in New York City. I had to make an appointment to see it... I'd walk around. I was all alone.

Joel Sternfeld

Alone Walk New York City Loved New

It is an old error of man to forget to put quotation marks where he borrows from a woman's brain!

Anna Garlin Spencer

Woman Man Brain Forget Quotation He

Bad psychoanalysis would say I enjoyed pleasing people, working really hard and pleasing people, which is probably related to my father in some way. But I really liked working hard. When I worked at Disneyland, I'd do 12 hours straight and go home thrilled.

Steve Martin

Father Home People Bad Working Hard

If Marilyn is in love with my husband it proves she has good taste, for I am in love with him too.

Simone Signoret

Love Good I Am Husband She Taste

Comedians work great as actors because they're good under pressure. With a lot of actors, you have to make them feel like everything's going really well to get a good performance out of them. But, if you have a comedian on the set, you can tell them, 'Hey, you really are screwing this up,' and then they just get better.

Louis C. K.

Work Good Great Performance Better

Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than playing basketball.

Derek Fisher

Best Job Man World Better Will

We are Americans when we go to war, and when we return, we are Mexicans.

Dennis Chavez

War Go Return Mexicans

In the 1960s, my father chose to introduce Italian-style clothing into a world that was filled with boxy Brooks Brothers suits. So if you were dressing in his clothes in New York or California, you were breaking a rule. And my mother, Risha, who is still living, has always been an activist. I don't think my mom has met a cause she doesn't like.

Chris Meledandri

Father Mother New York Mom World

To do a train wreck and make it look real on screen is tremendously skilful.

Bradley Walsh

Look Train Real Screen Make Wreck

Corruption is the by-product of discretion when there is scope for interpretation of policies.

Piyush Goyal

Corruption Interpretation Discretion