Hope Jahren Quotes

My earliest memories are being in the lab, and the way the cement felt and the way it smelled, and the way the countertops looked and it just being this wonderful, warm, happy place where it was just full of toys.

Hope Jahren

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Campaigns maybe encourage us to pay attention to attributes that maybe aren't that important in the presidency.

John Dickerson

AttentionImportantPay AttentionPay

In other words, the better they did on the IQ test, the worse they did on the practical test and the better they did on the practical tests, the worse they did on the IQ test.

Robert Sternberg

WordsBetterTestTestsPractical

Who in their right mind goes into a fight they think they're going to lose?

Max Holloway

FightMindThinkLoseRightGoing

I had to watch government fail for 25 years doing consumer reporting before I really saw it because intuitively, the reaction is problem, bring government and government will make it better.

John Stossel

GovernmentBetterProblemDoingWill

My hairstyle is not common in India, where my parents come from.

Anand Giridharadas

ParentsIndiaHairstyleWhereCommon

Use the word 'zeitgeist' as often as possible. Ideally, you want to find words that sound familiar but people don't really know their definitions: 'zeitgeist,' 'bildungsroman,' 'doppelganger' - better yet, anything Latin. But avoid 'paradigm.' It's so 1994. If you say the word 'paradigm,' everybody knows you're a poser.

Stephen Colbert

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Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the European sense you are an apprentice. That takes 3 or 4 years. Then you are a journeyman. You can go from one master to another and learn other tricks and other secrets.

Josef Albers

WorkLearnYouSecretsGoCraft

In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.

Jon Ronson

PatienceEmpathyUnderstandingYou

'Horrible Bosses' is just blatant, outright fun. I've read some of what the critics have said, and it's incredible how mean critics can be about comedies... It's so ridiculous.

Chris Pine

FunSaidRidiculousMeanCritics

I am a drinker with writing problems.

Brendan Behan

I AmWritingProblemsAmDrinker

When I watch alien movies, I want to be the alien. I don't want to be the people that make first contact or anything; I just want to be that creature.

Perfume Genius

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With Sumthin Else Music Works, I wanted to spread the love and give newcomers a chance to make it because something that really helped me were all the people who had given me an opportunity when I was putting my career together.

Nile Rodgers

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