Gloria Steinem Quotes

If you hear a statistic, you will make up a story to go with it, because our brains are organized on narrative. And you may very well make up a wrong story because you only have one fact, which is a statistic.

Gloria Steinem

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StoryYouWrongGoWillOrganized

Once upon a time, I sat in my mother's lap as she turned the pages of Golden Books, and I gradually learned to read.

Michael Dirda

MotherTimeGoldenSheBooksRead

I feel like I'm really blessed and lucky that I have a very good social life outside of the gym, and I have a really amazing family. My parents are so supportive. I have a younger brother and two younger sisters, and they're really awesome. So I feel like I get the best of both worlds.

Aly Raisman

LifeFamilyGoodBestBrotherFeel

Synergy is better than my way or your way. It's our way.

Stephen Covey

BetterWaySynergyYourThanOur

I used to lie in bed in my flat and imagine what would happen if there was a zombie attack.

Simon Pegg

ImaginationLieBedHappenUsed

We would have to invent the U.N. if we did not have it, which is not an original thought.

Shirley Temple

ThoughtOriginalWouldDidWhich

I will eat anything Mexican - a sombrero, hacienda... anything. They've perfected the combo of bread items and the grill.

Tom DeLonge

BreadWillEatMexicanAnything

Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority. In two years Lyndon Johnson is assistant leader of his party. In four years he is the leader of his party.

Robert Caro

LeaderLongRisePartyEveryoneUp

As a black man, you run from the cops. It's different now, but back when I was coming up, you run.

Rodney King

ManBlackYouBackNowRun

I wanted to write as well as I possibly could to deal with life-and-death problems in contemporary society. And the form of Wilkie Collins and Graham Greene, of Hammett and Chandler, seemed to offer me all the rope I would ever need.

Ross MacDonald

MeSocietyProblemsWriteNeedRope

I'm the lead singer of the Beach Boys and an ambassador of this amazing music that touched a generation.

Mike Love

MusicBeachAmazingGenerationLead

If it's truly a passion, and it's truly something you believe in, then you need to do it.

Miriam Shor

PassionBelieveYouNeedSomething

Original 'Dallas' fans, please come back, because it's the same show 20 years later - same drama.

Josh Henderson

BackDramaSameYearsFansOriginal

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