Alison Gopnik Quotes

Babies and young children are like the research and development division of the human species, and we grown-ups are production and marketing.

Alison Gopnik

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ChildrenResearchMarketingYoung

Facebook is terrifying to the traditional games biz.

Jesse Schell

GamesFacebookTraditionalTerrifying

When I started playing ball as a junior, I'm kind of glad that I was never good enough to be highly recruited.

Joel Embiid

GoodEnoughKindNeverBallPlaying

John Wayne was a consummate gentleman. Bigger than life.

Jennifer O'Neill

LifeGentlemanBiggerThanJohn

I tell people all the time like, man, when you a kid, you don't know you're in the hood, or you don't know you poor. You just accepting your environment when you a child, and that's when your friends are really your friends, wholeheartedly and nothing malicious.

Michael Beasley

TimeManChildPeopleFriendsHood

They say it's not the snoring itself but those anxiety-packed moments in between snorts. It's the waiting for the nasal passages of the person lying beside you to strike again. And strike it always does. In the dark, almost against your will, you produce that special glare reserved for people who cannot control their own behaviour.

Sloane Crosley

WaitingPeopleControlMomentsYou

'The Black Magician Trilogy' was about a conflict between countries and was very limited and almost claustrophobic in its range of settings, while 'The Age of the Five' was about a conflict between continents.

Trudi Canavan

AgeConflictBlackMagicianAlmost

I think it's great when writers get recognition; it doesn't happen very often. I just don't want that writer to be me. Let it be Aaron Sorkin or, you know, somebody good.

Diablo Cody

GoodGreatMeThinkRecognitionYou

I hate singing. I hate dancing. I enjoyed doing 'Cabaret' and 'Assassins,' but I would wither up and die in 'The Music Man.'

Denis O'Hare

MusicHateManSingingDieDoing

Legislation passed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 enhanced our intelligence capabilities and strengthened our national defense, but until now our nation's immigration policies have not adapted to the needs of a post-September 11th world.

Chris Chocola

IntelligenceWorldImmigrationNow

Every sector of society looks at digital analytics in a productive way. Limiting my ability to use them is just unacceptable. And by the way, Congress conducts polls using traditional methods. No one is using social media analytics as a substitute for that.

Cory Booker

Social MediaSocietyMediaLooksWay

London is a fantastic creator of jobs - but many of these jobs are going to people who don't originate in this country.

Boris Johnson

PeopleCountryLondonCreatorGoing

It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.

Arnold H. Glasow

KnowledgeIgnoranceHarderThan

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