Jonathan Haidt Quotes

People can believe pretty much whatever they want to believe about moral and political issues, as long as some other people near them believe it, so you have to focus on indirect methods to change what people want to believe.

Jonathan Haidt

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I liked Los Angeles for odd reasons. For one, there was no sense of community. You were really left to your own resources, spending this inordinate amount of time alone in a balloon of an automobile. I liked that a lot.

John Gregory Dunne

CommunityAloneTimeYouLos Angeles

I've always been a huge fan of Tina Fey's. She's a very unique storyteller and has such a great voice and sense of character and comedy, and manages to do things that are oftentimes very broad but still have a lot of heart to them.

Andrew Rannells

CharacterHeartGreatVoiceComedy

I have so many friends who don't know how to cook.

Robert Rodriguez

FriendsKnowCookWhoHowMany

I'm not ridiculously wealthy, but I don't squander money either.

Slash

MoneyEitherSquanderWealthy

Steve Jobs didn't really set the direction of my Apple I and Apple II designs but he did the more important part of turning them into a product that would change the world. I don't deny that.

Steve Wozniak

ChangeChange The WorldWorldApple

Voting has not been tough for me, for the most part, because there's guideposts about what will bring about the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people.

Michele Bachmann

HappinessPeopleMeToughVoting

Not counting the brand of Sunni Islam practised by the so-called Islamic State, there is probably no religion in the world that comes in for more flak than Scientology.

Louis Theroux

ReligionWorldBrandIslamMore

There is something about a Luger that separates it from all other handguns, and Luger devotees and Luger society members speak of it in romantic terms that must sound plain nuts to those who consider themselves level-headed.

Dick Cavett

RomanticSocietySpeakSoundNuts

I was the all-American face. You name it, honey - American Dairy Milk, Metropolitan Life insurance, McDonald's, Burger King. The Face That Didn't Matter - that's what I called my face.

Debra Winger

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'Leverage' is meant to be based in Boston. But in one episode we're in New York, then another in Chicago, Florida, and Eastern Europe.

Dean Devlin

New YorkMeant To BeNewChicago

The best comedy I ever did was when people didn't know who I was.

Chevy Chase

BestPeopleComedyKnowWhoDid

All the conductor has to do is stand back and try not to get in the way. Mozart is doing all the work.

Colin R. Davis

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