Alison Gopnik Quotes

Culture is our nature, and the ability to learn and change is our most important and fundamental instinct.

Alison Gopnik

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NatureChangeCultureLearnAbility

Well, just coming off the stage and there's like 180,000 people out there and your adrenaline is going so high, and you're doing so much and it's hard to just put your head on the pillow and sleep because it just goes on and on, even after you're off the stage.

Jermaine Jackson

SleepPeopleDoingYouHardHigh

Sometimes kids ask how I've been able to write so many books. The answer is simple: one word at a time. Which is another good lesson, I think. You don't have to do everything at once. You don't have to know how every story is going to end. You just have to take that next step, look for that next idea, write that next word.

Andrew Clements

GoodTimeSimpleStepStoryThink

I went to the local schools, the local state primary school, and then to the local grammar school. A secondary school, which technically was an independent school, it was not part of the state educational system.

John Hume

SchoolIndependentGrammarSystem

Historically, WordPress has been purely focused on the writing side. However, we're thinking about mobile completely differently, and I think there's a big opportunity to take the community of creators that loves WordPress and deliver an audience to the amazing things they're making.

Matt Mullenweg

OpportunityCommunityAmazingWriting

If God had intended us to fly, he'd have never given us railways.

Michael Flanders

GodFlyNeverUsHeRailways

Consciousness after death demonstrates the possibility of consciousness operating independently of the body.

Stanislav Grof

DeathBodyConsciousnessAfter

My brother and I moved out to Hollywood initially to be a band, and where we lived, there was crime all over with my brother and I being the victims sometimes.

Troy Duffy

BrotherSometimesHollywoodCrime

When you pick up a House of Marley product, it's not just about the music; it's also about how it's created.

Rohan Marley

MusicYouHouseProductUpJust

On stage, I have felt most fulfilled as a playwright, for everything I create gets to grow and evolve with collaboration from directors, actors, and so on.

Colman Domingo

CollaborationGrowCreateEverything

I don't feel secure at all. I don't know what actor would feel they've made it. I feel like I'm just starting.

Corey Stoll

FeelKnowActorStartingI Feel Like

I was not going to let people tell me what I'm capable of.

Colin Kaepernick

PeopleMeCapableTellGoing

If your only arbiter of anything is money, really you should... go and rob banks.

Bruce Dickinson

MoneyYouGoAnythingOnlyYour

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