Jonathan Haidt Quotes

On the religious Right and religious people in general have the feeling that the world is not just material, the world is not just there for us to do what we want with. That our bodies, things have an immaterial essence, a spiritual essence that God is in all of us.

Jonathan Haidt

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GodSpiritualPeopleWorldFeeling

I always tell my students, 'If you walk around with your eyes and ears open, you can't possibly live long enough to write all the novels you'll encounter.'

Jill McCorkle

LiveEyesWalkEnoughLongYou

I've always wanted to do theater in Chicago. Chicago is a big theater town-and, in some ways, I think this city is savvier and smarter than New York. Sometimes, I think it's a little too chic to go to theater in New York these days.

Jeffrey Donovan

New YorkCityThinkNewSometimes

I originally had opened the studio in New York to combine my two loves, music and design. And we created videos and packaging for many musicians that you know, and for even more that you've never heard of. As I realized, just like with many, many things in my life that I actually love, I adapt to it. And I get, over time, bored by them.

Stefan Sagmeister

LifeLoveMusicTimeNew YorkYou

My music is my way to rearrange the world according to my own hopes.

Stephan Jenkins

MusicWorldWayMy OwnOwnHopes

'The Gambler' by Dostoevsky. It was the first time I realised that it was possible to have good and evil in one person. It led me to read a lot of Russian literature.

Sue Townsend

GoodTimeMeGood And EvilEvil

Old women especially are invisible. I have been to parties where no one knows who I am, so I am ignored until I introduce myself to someone picked at random. Immediately, word gets round, and I am surrounded by people who tell me they are my biggest fans.

Ruth Rendell

WomenMyselfI AmPeopleMeRandom

I wanted to communicate and connect. I simply didn't seem able to do it.

Mary Gaitskill

ConnectSeemAbleSimplyCommunicate

Directing your first film is like showing up to the field trip in seventh grade, getting on the bus, and making an announcement, 'So today I'm driving the bus.' And everybody's like, 'What?' And you're like, 'I'm gonna drive the bus.' And they're like, 'But you don't know how to drive the bus.'

Mike Birbiglia

TodayDriveDrivingShowing UpYou

You've just got to do the best that you can.

Drew Barrymore

BestYouGotJust

I don't recommend this, but my dad - to help us get through the winter, he bought a kerosene heater, and he had it in the kitchen so that the furnace wouldn't have to kick off.

Chris Gibson

WinterKitchenHelpThroughUsGet

Other than that one year, Salon has been very cautious about the way it spends money. For instance, since last year, we've had virtually no marketing budget. It's just word of mouth. And our circulation continues to grow that way by breaking news stories.

David Talbot

MoneyGrowBudgetYearMouthNews

Sundance is just a great place for your work to be seen. Not much more to say about it than that.

David Wain

WorkGreatPlaceSayMoreSeen

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