Alison Gopnik Quotes

When nobody read, dyslexia wasn't a problem. When most people had to hunt, a minor genetic variation in your ability to focus attention was hardly a problem, and may even have been an advantage. When most people have to make it through high school, the same variation can become a genuinely life-altering disease.

Alison Gopnik

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Skiing makes me feel great, and it gives my legs such an incredible workout.

Joely Fisher

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Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no way of life.

Angelina Jolie

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Local television is a slightly different story. It is under much more pressure in the same way that all local businesses are, whether that's a local newspaper, local radio or local television. But I think television in the aggregate is actually in very good shape.

Jeff Zucker

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Our independence from AOL was so important to me that I negotiated an extremely odd provision in our purchase agreement that allowed me to disclose confidential information about AOL. It was their job never to give me that information. It was not my job to protect it in any way.

Michael Arrington

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If my sisters like something I do, then I'm very happy with it. I only listen to my sisters!

Tony Rock

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There is going to have to be austerity in the state of Kentucky.

Matt Bevin

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Is there really anyone, besides Rudy Giuliani, who prefers the new Times Square?

Jonathan Safran Foer

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Every time I do a film, I have to make sure that when someone looks at me, they can't recognise Disha. It has to be a character. I want to do strong roles.

Disha Patani

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If I'm on a flight for more than 14 hours, I will do this Fresh face mask on the plane. I don't care how silly it looks; it saves my skin from drying out.

Chiara Ferragni

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I don't really take myself very seriously.

Brittany Murphy

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The idea is to die young as late as possible.

Ashley Montagu

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To make a film like 'The Grandmaster,' I know I'm not going to make just a standard kung-fu film; it's not going to be just tricks or like wire works. So I spent seven years on the road interviewing different schools and a lot of real grandmasters from Chinese martial arts.

Wong Kar-wai

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