Alison Gopnik Quotes

Many philosophers say it's impossible to explain our conscious experience in scientific, biological terms at all. But that's not exactly true. Scientists have explained why we have certain experiences and not others. It's just that they haven't explained the special features of consciousness that philosophers care about.

Alison Gopnik

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ExperienceImpossibleCareSayTrue

People in Indiana have known me for 25 years. They've known George Bush four.

John Mellencamp

PeopleMeYearsIndianaFourKnown

I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing about craft. I just wanted to become good at the art of something. And writing was very private.

Amy Tan

GoodArtMyselfWritingAesthetic

I think I'm past the age of getting lost.

Amanda Seyfried

AgePastThinkLostI ThinkGetting

Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.

Sumner Redstone

SuccessFailureFrustrationSometimes

Around 1967 Dan Bobrow wrote a program to do algebra problems based on symbols rather than numbers.

Marvin Minsky

ProblemsNumbersSymbolsAlgebra

The thing I fear most is fear.

Michel de Montaigne

FearMostThing

Life itself is offensive and certainly does not apologize - in fact, it hurts considerably and, as we all know, is often very rude and troublesome, just as nature or art can be.

Michael Leunig

LifeNatureArtKnowRudeApologize

I have straight married friends that other friends think are gay, and I have gay friends who don't throw that vibe at all. I know there's a full range out there, but I feel that gay men who aren't flamboyant are underrepresented on-screen.

David Walton

MenThinkFeelFriendsGayKnow

In public relations, you live with the reality that not every disaster can be made to look like a misunderstood triumph.

Christopher Buckley

LiveRealityYouLookTriumphMade

I want to go make an original movie. It's all very personal, but I want to define myself a little bit more as a filmmaker and hone my craft.

Colin Trevorrow

MyselfGoWantPersonalMoreCraft

Sometimes I drive, and sometimes I'm driven.

Anthony Levandowski

DriveSometimesDriven

I write anywhere - when I have an idea, it's hard not to write. I used to be kind of precious about where I wrote. Everything had to be quiet and I couldn't be disturbed; it really filled my day.

Anne Enright

Be KindDayQuietKindWriteHard

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