Alison Gopnik Quotes

Being a developmental psychologist didn't make me any better at dealing with my own children, no. I muddled through, and, believe me, fretted and worried with the best of them.

Alison Gopnik

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When I was boxing I made five million and wound up broke, owing the government a million.

Joe Louis

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I always feel guilty when I want to go get my nails done or hair done because it takes time away, but I know moms need that alone time, too.

Jessie James Decker

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Wearing clothes should be a personal narrative of emotion. I always respond to fashion in an emotional way.

Andre Leon Talley

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Isn't it amazing the way the future succeeds in creating an appropriate past?

John Leonard

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As a dad, he thinks that his philosophy is morally correct. He has no conscience whatsoever about letting his kids put a penny in a light socket to find out electricity is not so good for you, and if you want to learn how to swim, you have to be thrown into the deep end.

Stacy Keach

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Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence are such legends.

Rory O'Malley

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Let me be clear: I am not an advocate of censorship.

Mike Rogers

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Life is full of horrible mistakes.

Louis C. K.

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As somebody who visits countless schools, I see firsthand the dire situation our educational system faces.

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

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Not being busy is something I worry about, but I think work begets work.

Dominic Monaghan

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You don't lock into a ten-year family budget. You take it a year at a time - maybe even six months at a time. And then if the income really comes in the way you hope it does, then you can make some of those expenditures that you've been waiting to make. We think that same principle should apply to the national family we call America.

Dick Gephardt

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I really believe in hoping for the best and preparing for the worst.

Chrystia Freeland

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