Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

A runner needs not just to be skinny but - more specifically - to have skinny calves and ankles, because every extra pound carried on your extremities costs more than a pound carried on your torso. That's why shaving even a few ounces off a pair of running shoes can have a significant effect.

Malcolm Gladwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: September 3, 1963

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I think the reason I'm an actor is the joy I find from escaping and going to be somebody else. That's what I have fun doing.

John Glover

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I have a great many shortcomings, but writing for something on time has never bothered me.

Andre Previn

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The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. This is the very essence of judicial duty.

John Marshall

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I made this record in the late '80s called 'Diamonds and Dirt,' and it was a big hit. It had five No. 1's, and it was my commercial peak, really.

Rodney Crowell

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For the first time in evolution as a species, we're hitting an energy ceiling.

Matt Bellamy

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I think a lot of people are getting more serious about how to do the most good, but there is no road map. I'm hoping I can offer an example.

Mohnish Pabrai

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The painter must give a completely free rein to any feeling or sensations he may have and reject nothing to which he is naturally drawn.

Lucian Freud

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I was fortunate enough to write about things I really love, and love can be very analytic.

Joseph Brodsky

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The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated.

Douglas Horton

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I don't really seek out vegetarian spots... but mainly, I know how to work a menu no matter where I am.

Christie Brinkley

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I've read a lot of books on the laws of attraction, and in my home, I have a big book on Muhammad Ali, which I've read because he is, like, a hero of mine, but other than that, no, I'm not a big reader.

Conor McGregor

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The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field.

Aubrey de Grey

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