Leonard Mlodinow Quotes

One of the ways we interact with other human beings and form social bonds is through touch, and probably most of us are not aware of the extreme importance of touch.

Leonard Mlodinow

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TouchHumanThroughSocialUsAware

Not wearing hijab has seriously, seriously hurt my career. Mass media wants to see a woman in a veil. But I think it helps me because it makes it easier for my audience to relate to me. I'm not the scary 'other' they keep seeing on 'Fox News.'

Maysoon Zayid

WomanMeThinkHurtMediaCareer

I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning.

Mavis Staples

MorningSingingInspireYouLiftUp

When I worked in the Department of Justice, in the office of the solicitor general, it was my job to argue cases for the United States before the Supreme court. I always found it very moving to stand before the justices and say, 'I speak for my country.'

John Roberts

JusticeJobMovingSpeakStandSay

The casual listener won't be around forever.

Mike Shinoda

CasualForeverListenerAround

As a multisport athlete, I was always fascinated with competition and how to win. At HBS and later at the Harvard Department of Economics, I was drawn to the field of competition and strategy because it tackles perhaps the most basic question in both business management and industrial economics: What determines corporate performance?

Michael Porter

BusinessCompetitionWinManagement

Of course it was Mamma who both stopped my career and crystallized my determination to resume it.

Loretta Young

DeterminationCareerResumeCourse

There's different ways of getting into character. There's what's called 'the outside,' in which is finding the physicality of the character first. To give an example, in 'Gettin' Square' - Johnny Spitieri - that's how I found that character. I knew those people that I'd seen up at Kings Cross. I knew how they sounded.

David Wenham

CharacterPeopleFindingKingsFirst

The term 'the American Left' is as near to being meaningless or nonsensical as any term could really be in politics. It isn't really a force in politics anymore. And it would do well to ask itself why that is.

Christopher Hitchens

PoliticsAmericanWhyAskForce

The exchange by e-mail is more intimate than conversation - you allow yourself to say things you otherwise wouldn't.

Christian Lacroix

YourselfYouConversationSayMore

Like the firm handshake and looking people straight in the eye, the blazer had originally been a symbol of trust. Because of this, it had been purloined by the less-than-trustworthy and became their preferred disguise.

Craig Brown

TrustPeopleLookingEyeHandshake

I just want to be a sane person. I wanna be a person who has a life and who acts.

Claire Danes

LifePersonWantSaneJustWho

I've always felt like I'm on the outside. I think certain people judge you right away, and I've always been acutely sensitive to that. I'm fighting, whether it's accurate or not, a perception that I get of people thinking I'm dumb.

Bobby Cannavale

PeoplePerceptionThinkThinkingYou

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