I sometimes say I am a 'happiness optimist' but a 'revenue pessimist.'
Tyler Cowen
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All behavioral or mood disorders - including depression, OCD, ADHD and addiction - have some neurochemical components, but sufferers can still work to overcome them.
Jeffrey Kluger
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It was fun. That was something I came to fairly late.
Michael Chabon
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Conversely, beware the man who does nothing but ask you questions about yourself and offers no information about himself. Not only is he keeping you at bay, he is probably not listening to your answers.
Merrill Markoe
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You know what they say: 'Why sit at a table that doesn't have key lime pie on it if you don't have to?'
Sloane Crosley
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There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.
Martin Seligman
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There are no Asian leading men in Hollywood. There's not an Asian Ryan Gosling or an Asian Brad Pitt.
Ross Butler
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It is inappropriate for the Bush administration to trump up a case in which we are ballyhooed into war.
Mike Farrell
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Barbecue is an incredibly democratic food. It's cheaper than McDonald's in many places and far more delicious. On the other hand, the only reason it can be that cheap is they use commodity hogs, the worst of the worst, which is - you know, it's an industry kind of ruining North Carolina.
Michael Pollan
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I like to say, 'I hit every type of music in a show, and I play the people, not the instruments.'
Dick Dale
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Recession-resistant development produces things people need. Unsustainable growth churns out tinsel products that consumers have to be seduced into buying - until times get tough, when they quickly give them up.
Donella Meadows
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I know all about cheating. I've had six very successful marriages.
Bobby Heenan
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I wanted to be one of the voices in the box.
Bob Edwards
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