Nicholas A. Christakis Quotes

We and others have done a bunch of work to show that if your real friends online say or do something, it affects you. But if your acquaintances online say or do something, it does not. People on average have about 106 Facebook friends, but only 5 or 6 real friends.

Nicholas A. Christakis

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The experiment of the poem is mostly intuitive. I write the first draft, pulling in the various elements that interest me, in the hope that their being combined will lead to some kind of insight.

John Barton

HopeMeKindWillInsightFirst

It's important for me who is at the table with me; the moment when everyone speaks to each other and everyone listens. If there's good food, it's much better.

Andrea Bocelli

GoodFoodMomentGood FoodMeTable

The only time I've ever taken out a loan is for the building work I had done at our house and I did that by extending the mortgage.

Andrea McLean

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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

GreatWomanPaintingMadHerGet

You have to remember, I never became successful or wealthy till I was 30.

Michael Caine

RememberYouNeverSuccessfulTill

Today's world requires a different leadership style - more collaboration and teamwork, including using Web 2.0 technologies. If you had told me I'd be video blogging and blogging, I would have said, 'No way.' And yet our 20-somethings in the company really pushed me to use that more.

John T. Chambers

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I change my mind so much, I'm better going on my own. Shopping is a selfish activity anyway.

Sophie Kinsella

ChangeMindShoppingSelfishBetter

I've had problems with my eyes, and my legs hurt if I walk a great deal. That's due to very bad circulation. It's called claudication, and it's painful. So I have to stop if I'm walking, and pretending I'm looking in the window, so that I can rest them a little bit and then start off again.

Mary Tyler Moore

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I'm a lifetime member of the NRA.

Miranda Lambert

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Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.

Lou Holtz

YouUpSomethingGiveMustReplace

Ground troops... have to be a last resort. I think they should always be a last resort.

Jason Kander

ThinkAlwaysGroundLastResort

I wasn't a kid who moved out from Iowa with aspirations of becoming a famous star - I was intrigued by the idea of filmmaking and by the idea of what it would be like to play a character in a movie.

Jason Lee

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