Daniel Levitin Quotes

Because our ancestors lived in social groups that changed slowly, because they encountered the same people throughout their lives, they could keep almost every social detail they needed to know in their heads.

Daniel Levitin

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PeopleDetailKnowAncestorsSame

I've made more cuts than any governor has ever made.

Jim Doyle

MoreMadeThanGovernorEverAny

At 17, we all think we know what we're doing.

Jessica Brown Findlay

ThinkDoingKnow

When I was 11, I had an Ugly Sister birthday party. All my idea. Most girls want to be a fairy or a princess, but there I am with beauty spots and fur and fluorescent pink kiss-curls.

Lucy Punch

BirthdayBeautyI AmUglySister

Write that novel. Start that business you've always wanted to. The ultimate high of life is the commitment to pursuing something.

Diana Nyad

LifeBusinessCommitmentStartYou

Sometimes I see myself in the mirror, and it's 'Oh, God!' But the minute you stick out your butt a little bit and suck it in, you go from a 6 to a 10.

Cindy Margolis

GodMirrorMyselfYouGoSometimes

If every editor turns you down, maybe you should take a second look at your text, however, just in case.

Piers Anthony

YouLookDownTakeJustText

If you're 30 years old, you have your whole life ahead of you.

Sherry Argov

LifeYouAheadOldYearsWhole

If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I've gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder.

Shakira

SadRedMeRestYouSometimes

After I graduated Star City school, I entered to the Tambov Military School of Pilots because I really wanted to be a pilot, and in Russia, it's one of the steps of how you make a career as a cosmonaut. You have to be a military pilot or an engineer.

Sergey Volkov

SchoolCityYouCareerPilotRussia

Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

Richard M. Nixon

HateYourselfWinYouDestroyWho

Just as I wouldn't expect a gynecologist to have a debate with somebody who believes in the Stork-theory of reproduction, I won't do debates with Young Earth creationists.

Richard Dawkins

DebateEarthYoungExpectJustWho

Most of today's music is done electronically.

Klaus Schulze

MusicTodayDoneMost

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