Alison Gopnik Quotes

In most places and times in human history, babies have had not just one person but lots of people around who were really paying attention to them around, dedicated to them, cared to them, were related to them. I think the big shift in our culture is the isolation in which many children are growing up.

Alison Gopnik

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Angolans who repatriate overseas funds and invest in the economy, companies that generate goods, services, and jobs won't be harassed. No questions will be asked about why their money was abroad, and they won't face legal prosecution.

Joao Lourenco

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When I was 13, I came back from summer camp - summer of '74 - and my mother had had an accident during surgery and was in an oxygen tent in a coma. It was so traumatic. My parents had been divorced for six or seven years at that point, and it was sort of the seminal event of my life.

Andrew Zimmern

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If Communism goes, I've still got the U.S. House of Representatives.

Robert Novak

CommunismHouseGotStillGoes

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.

Anna Quindlen

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You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play.

Jeanette Winterson

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To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example.

Michael Caine

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It's a sad commentary on our time - to use a phrase much favored by my late father - that people increasingly celebrate Christmas Day by going to the movies.

Michael Dirda

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I think Morse's thing about being a poor policeman but a good detective is a very good description of him.

John Thaw

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There was a film class in my high school in Northfield, Minnesota, which was very unusual. I saw my first Buster Keaton film there, aged about 15. It made a gigantic impression on me.

Siri Hustvedt

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When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big name to hold up when you're nine years old. It seemed goofy. I used to tell people I wanted to change the world and they used to think, 'This kid's really weird'.

River Phoenix

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If you had a record company believing in you enough to cut an album then you had better have the ability to work the album on the road.

Lou Gramm

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I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.

Loretta Lynn

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