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Daniel Levitin Quotes

Maybe instead of asking political candidates to submit tax returns, we really should be asking to see their brain scans.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: December 27, 1957

Topics

Brain Political Tax See Asking

I kind of cheer the presence of any gay characters at all - I think the more we can saturate television with any gay character or lesbian character or transgender character, I think that's a really great thing. We're kind of getting past the fact that they're the punchline or that they're the novelty.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Character Great Past Think Gay Kind

I think the biggest part of being a girl boss in the office, at home, or anywhere you go is just knowing your value.

Home Girl Boss Value Think You

No one likes to think of themselves as a one-trick pony as an actor, but on the other hand, it's nice to be part of something that has an international popularity, that is seen literally everywhere in the world and stays in the marketplace forever.

World Think Nice Actor Hand Forever

Some men like to go in for polo, for example, and spend thousands of dollars on ponies. Some go nuts for paintings, and give half a million for a hunk of canvas in a fancy frame. But my passion is baseball.

Passion Men Baseball Go Canvas Nuts

I think it's fun playing a part that lots of other people have played, in a way.

Fun People Think Way Playing Part

I think Syria is now the training ground for the world... These rebel forces are more of a threat than anything.

Training World Think Rebel Now More

I did some really bad plays at a children's theater in Kentucky where I'm from and went from there.

Children Bad Kentucky Where Some

Playing music has always felt very natural. You know, you do try to do other things, and you do learn lessons that way, but, eventually - well... if your dad is a plumber, you become a plumber. It's the family business, and I felt like I was taking over the family business.

Family Business Music Learn You Way

I didn't set out to be a villain in film. I'm a character actor, and if my first movie was a comedy, I could have played a geek just as well.

Character Villain Comedy Actor First

People complain about the rich-and-poor divide. It's crazy, no doubt about it. But what gets me is that today, a billionaire or head of state on their smartphone has the same direct access to information as a homeless person has on a smartphone - or a person in Bangladesh or Papua New Guinea.

Sebastian Thrun

Today People Me Crazy Homeless New

In Canadian comedy, you'll almost never see guns. If you bring a gun into a scene, it's like, 'Whoa! Wow, how are we going to deal with that!' Guns in an American comedy are a given. Violence in America is used in a much more cavalier way.

Gun American Comedy America Violence

Ensuring fairness in the American workplace should be a cornerstone of our economic policy.

American Fairness Workplace Policy

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