Daniel Levitin Quotes

Brain extenders are anything that get information out of our heads and into the physical world: calendars, key hooks by the front door, note pads, 'to do' lists.

Daniel Levitin

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DoorBrainWorldKeyInformation

I'm a big shoe guy, too. I have far too many pairs. Whenever there's a new style out, I'll text my stylist: 'Can we get a pair of those?'

Joe Jonas

StyleNewShoeOutBigGuy

I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was.

Maya Lin

PoliticsWarVeteransVietnam War

When sparrows build and the leaves break forth, My old sorrow wakes and cries.

Jean Ingelow

SadBuildOldSorrowBreakForth

Traditionally, I like to watch my plays from the very back.

Stephen Karam

BackWatchLikeVeryPlays

I'm not sure Kinsey has changed in these first twelve books. I think the reader learns more about her, but from Kinsey's perspective, only three years have passed while the rest of us have been getting older at a much faster clip.

Sue Grafton

PerspectiveGetting OlderRestThink

I would be like, 'Oh, my gosh, I wish I could go to prom.' But then I think, 'You know what? A lot of people can't say they've ever done what I do - they'll never have this opportunity.'

Simone Biles

OpportunityPeopleThinkWishYou

I always thought there were some people who were just destined to be disengaged in their jobs because that was their personality, and no matter how hard managers tried, there wasn't much they could do with some of those people.

Tom Rath

PersonalityPeopleThoughtMatter

Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street and not to have the impulse to rush downstairs and out on to the sidewalk.

Robert Benchley

ManFeelStreetNothingBandOut

I'm not following anybody's tracks, I'm making my own baby.

Picabo Street

BabyMy OwnOwnMakingAnybody

I'm embarrassed every time I look a teacher in the eye, because we ask them to do so much for so little.

Phil McGraw

TeacherTimeEyeLookAskLittle

What we need is to use what we have.

Susan Sontag

NeedUse

You can find a mentor; you have to ask questions, you have to show interest in what the other person is doing. You have to have curiosity - I think that people appreciate that and will want to help you.

Nina Garcia

PeopleCuriosityThinkAppreciate

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