Alison Gopnik Quotes

Scientists and philosophers tend to treat knowledge, imagination and love as if they were all very separate parts of human nature. But when it comes to children, all three are deeply entwined. Children learn the truth by imagining all the ways the world could be, and testing those possibilities.

Alison Gopnik

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NatureLoveTruthKnowledgeChildren

I am a vigilant monarchist. I want to see things evolve. The direction the monarchy seems to be moving in - towards a more mainland-European model - is one I would feel sympathetic about.

Andrew Motion

I AmMovingDirectionFeelWantSee

I'll never forget my interview with Barry Humphries - one of the oddest I've ever done. He insisted that for half the time he appeared as Dame Edna. So I interviewed the real Barry Humphries in a suit and tie, and then I interviewed Edna in full fig in her dressing room, where she criticised Barry mercilessly.

Melvyn Bragg

TimeNever ForgetDoneForgetNever

I don't have much time to sit and watch a lot of TV. And I can't really binge-watch.

Jeff Lindsay

TimeWatchSitMuchTVReally

I was discouraged at drama school, along with most of my peers.

Sigourney Weaver

SchoolDramaPeersDiscouragedAlong

I love the heat and the excitement of Israel, and I will always love Jerusalem.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

LoveWillExcitementHeatAlways

Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different.

Tom Sizemore

I AmBe DifferentWhyWayUsedWell

See, I'm a believer that people are born with a sense of cooking. It's something within them that really gives them the ability to create and to understand flavors.

Roy Yamaguchi

CookingPeopleBornCreateSee

As for the company, I did all I could from the very outset of this affair to remove Yukos and its employees from danger.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

EmployeesCompanyDangerAffairDid

The desert loves me. I love the desert. It's nice to be in the heat in Africa. I love it.

Liya Kebede

LoveMeDesertNiceAfricaHeat

I worked very hard, but I think it's unfair to make it all sound like it's all David's fault.

Liza Minnelli

ThinkUnfairSoundHardFaultLike

The next big push in my life is trying to get poetry popular again.

Joshua Sasse

LifePoetryPushMy LifeTryingBig

The trouble is not that schools don't work; they do. They're excellent machines for achieving historically accepted purposes. In suburban schools are children of the rich, who grow up to privilege and anesthetic oblivion to pain - and who then use the servants produced by ghetto schools.

Jonathan Kozol

WorkChildrenPainRichGrowGhetto

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