Daniel Levitin Quotes

Having learned something, we tend to cling to that belief, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. New information comes in all time, and the thing we ought to be thinking about doing is changing our beliefs as that new information comes in.

Daniel Levitin

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TimeFaceThinkingDoingInformation

A deep concern of mine is that leaders in the technology sector have not developed a culture that insists upon courage, honor, duty, and humility - what we might call a culture of virtue.

Joe Lonsdale

TechnologyCourageCultureHumility

Every day in America, African Americans are reminded of their race in ways large and small. Every day.

Jennifer Granholm

DaySmallAmericaEvery DayRace

I just don't really think about death.

Andy Biersack

DeathThinkJustAboutReally

It is with great pleasure that I see the political system of almost every power in Europe changing in our favor since the news of our late successes.

John Paul Jones

PowerGreatPoliticalLateNewsSee

I used to write stories a lot because you had to fill your hours some other way than watching television. So my imagination was vivid, and I used to write a lot of stories. I wrote a novel, which I still have, which is so awful.

Robert Osborne

ImaginationYouTelevisionWayWrite

Occasionally, if I'm in a rut, I find changing location helps.

Matt Mullenweg

FindLocationChangingRutHelps

Any working composer or painter or sculptor will tell you that inspiration comes at the eighth hour of labour rather than as a bolt out of the blue. We have to get our vanities and our preconceptions out of the way and do the work in the time allotted.

John Williams

WorkTimeBlueYouWillWay

I have never really been confident about my career at any stage.

Amitabh Bachchan

ConfidentCareerNeverStageBeen

I remember being 24 in Los Angeles. And up until that moment, when my mom would call my cell phone and it would ring, I would be flushed with some sort of excitement that we all have - a little dopamine rush, when my phone rings - and I'd look down, and it would say, 'Mom.' It used to feel like a job to pick that up.

Mike Posner

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It's frustrating actually, the time involved in getting something released these days. My new CD has actually been finished for a year. It's only now that it's being released.

Mick Taylor

TimeYearNewNowDaysSomething

People have a hard time making me dress up to look like a classy gal.

Judy Holliday

TimeDressPeopleMeLookClassy

I'm trying to stay humble because if I don't keep producing results, all of this goes away, so I want to focus on the people close to me - my family and my team; they mean everything to me.

Denis Shapovalov

FamilyHumbleFocusPeopleMeTeam

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