Alison Gopnik Quotes

Historically, absolute IQ scores have risen substantially as we've changed our environment so that more people go to school longer.

Alison Gopnik

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SchoolPeopleEnvironmentGoMore

Allow yourself a few parties, but be mindful the rest of the time.

Jillian Michaels

TimeYourselfRestMindfulAllow

I find it very interesting: when 90 percent of the critics that review films are men, how is that helpful when trying to create stories from a feminine point of view?

Jessica Chastain

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I used to hang out with Salvador Dali a lot. He was such a nice man. I really liked his wife Gala, too. People say that she was tricky, but she was never difficult with me.

Jerry Hall

WifeManPeopleMeNiceSay

You can't run the economy on BMWs alone. If the average person is in a pickle, how do you have a healthy economy?

Jeremy Grantham

AloneYouPersonHealthyRunPickle

Really interesting genre films, especially monster movies, evoke the fears of the times intentionally.

Matt Reeves

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I'm basically a starving artist.

John Trudell

ArtistStarvingBasically

If only the authorities could be made to realize that the forces leading them on in the armament race are just insane.

Alva Myrdal

RaceRealizeJustInsaneForces

We are really battling, today in the U.S., keeping science education in the forefront at the elementary level, and that's where the research shows that kids get interested.

Steve Spangler

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I lived a normal life for a number of years. I had kids. I lived up on a farm in Gloucestershire in rural England, and just kind of got back to reality again.

Roger Andrew Taylor

LifeRealityFarmBackKindLived

Taking a shuttle or even paying for a taxi to a rental office that's a few miles away from the airport can mean a lower rate - 50 percent lower is common - for the same car, from the same company, for the same length of time. Many companies run free shuttles from some of the major airports.

Jean Chatzky

CarTimeFreeAirportRunOffice

Being mayor is about offering a vision for the city, putting the right people in the right place, and executing that vision.

DeRay Mckesson

VisionPeopleCityPlaceRight

Even though I was trained in play writing and screenwriting, when I sat down to write a comic book for the first time, Alan Moore was first and foremost in my mind.

Brian K. Vaughan

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