Brian Sutton-Smith Quotes

A toy is seen both as a bauble and as an intellectual machine.

Brian Sutton-Smith

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The Internet is a great place to find unconventional comedy that you can't find anywhere else.

Andy Dick

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I have to travel for my work, so the idea of getting on planes depresses me. They give me frequent-flyer points, and I think, 'I don't want them, because I'm sick of flying!'

Stephen Frears

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Easter is reflecting upon suffering for one thing, but it also reflects upon Jesus and his non compliance in the face of great authority where he holds to his truth - so there's two stories there.

Michael Leunig

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Nathaniel Philbrick's 'In the Heart of the Sea' has rightfully taken its place as a classic for its literary merits. It has a special place in the cannibalism canon as well.

Mitchell Zuckoff

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Federal elections happen every two years in this country. Presidential elections every four years. And four years just isn't long enough to dismantle all the environmental laws we've got in this country.

Jared Diamond

EnvironmentalEnoughLongCountry

I love politics, but I wouldn't want to be involved in it. Too little money, too much work!

Dennis Quaid

WorkLoveMoneyPoliticsToo Much

We have a substantial number of countries that have pledged and provided all kinds of support for the United States in the event that war becomes necessary in Iraq.

Douglas Feith

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When you look at all this massive data that comes in from our senses, and it all has to come in through this central point, it's really interesting that we can identify the filter that our mind is using to select what it thinks is relevant and what it's going to forget.

Apollo Robbins

MindInterestingDataYouLook

I was doing all these hand exercises, trying to move things like other kids, catch things like other kids, and change my reflexes, and I guess I just didn't stop. That's why if somebody says to me, 'Can I learn this?' I will say, 'Probably, if you can get the psychology right.'

Apollo Robbins

ChangeMeLearnDoingTryingYou

When I'm painting and drawing I only do people. Acting is obviously portraiture - and writing is as well.

Antony Sher

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Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.

Augusto Pinochet

DemocracySometimesBloodMust

The U.S. fiscal union has worked, in no small part, by enabling subsidies to the Mississippis without requiring the approval of the Minnesotas. It creates an important form of insurance.

Austan Goolsbee

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