Eric Schlosser Quotes

I try to persuade people to act in ways that are not only in their own interest, but in the interest of society at large.

Eric Schlosser

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PeopleSocietyTryActOwnInterest

The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion - these are the most valuable coins of the thinker at work. But in most schools guessing is heavily penalized and is associated somehow with laziness.

Jerome Bruner

WorkLazinessLeapThinkerGuessing

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.

Amy Vanderbilt

GoodFeelMannersEmotionsTrue

I'm a little slow, so forgive me if I'm inarticulate.

Spike Jonze

MeSlowLittleForgiveForgive Me

I have hardly any friends who aren't gay.

Tracey Emin

FriendsGayWhoAnyHardly

I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to the sophisticated business today.

Tony Bennett

BusinessTodayHistoryHolidayKnow

When we pray to Buddha, we are not praying to a piece of stone, an image of Buddha, but we pray to the soul of Buddha behind the piece of stone. The souls of the people who are dead now are still with us.

Rithy Panh

SoulPeopleStoneNowDeadImage

I knew sooner or later I would show my quality and show to everyone why I'm here, why Real made such an effort to bring me here.

Luka Modric

QualityEffortMeWhyRealEveryone

Liberals should not overplay this weapons of mass destruction card, because you want me to tell you the truth? Most of us are not going to care if they don't find these weapons of mass destruction. It's enough for a lot of us to see those kids smiling on that street again.

Dennis Miller

TruthMeCareEnoughSmilingYou

No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and industrial civilization is still causing the greatest mass extinction in the history of the planet.

Derrick Jensen

HistoryDeathCivilizationMatter

The sound of the orchestra is one of the most magnificent musical sounds that has ever existed.

Chick Corea

SoundOrchestraMagnificentMost

Bill Astor knew these papers were missing. Stephen showed his hand in October.

Christine Keeler

HandMissingKnewHisWereOctober

We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too.

Antonio Tabucchi

LifeThinkSomeoneImportantWant

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