Adam Davidson Quotes

Happiness quantification sounds a bit wishy-washy, sure, and through a series of carefully administered surveys across the globe, economists and psychologists have certainly confronted a fair number of sticky issues around how to measure, and even define, happiness.

Adam Davidson

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HappinessMeasureFairEconomists

I often say in my speeches, I say, 'It's rare in life that you get a controlled scientific experiment.' 'Cause you can't do controlled scientific experiments with real people, normally.

Jerrold Nadler

LifePeopleYouSayRealExperiment

Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new.

Joe Wright

TimeMeChanceFeelLearnNew

I think it's good for the composer to teach because you always have new students and you have to begin at the beginning and make things clear.

John Corigliano

GoodBeginningThinkYouNewTeach

Infrastructures of power always inhabit the surface of the earth somehow, or the skies above the earth. They're material things, always, and even though the metaphors we use to describe them are often immaterial - for example, we might describe the Internet as the Cloud or cyberspace - those metaphors are wildly misleading.

Trevor Paglen

PowerInternetCloudEarthSkies

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

Luc de Clapiers

TimeValueYouBornKnowFame

Every makeup artist or stylist with whom I work has many special ideas, tips, and creations. I can always learn so much from them.

Liu Wen

WorkIdeasMakeupLearnArtistWhom

I used to write out of angst. My writing was quite miserable, quite angry, even when it was funny. It was based on this sadness and tired emotional disdain for the world.

David Thewlis

FunnyAngryTiredWritingWorldOut

I believe in the greatness of our people.

Chen Shui-bian

GreatnessPeopleBelieveI Believe

As a boss, as a CEO, as a creative director, as a chef, I've learned that failure will always come. I've learned to give it a big squeeze, smile at it, humble myself to it and then use it as a springboard to send me on my way to strength, success, and fulfillment.

Christina Tosi

SmileStrengthSuccessFailureBoss

When a new generation watches the films, people might mention that it has improved their lovemaking. I guess it's because it isn't threatening. It was very sweet and delicate.

Sylvia Kristel

PeopleSweetGenerationWatchesNew

I don't own a car.

Shepard Smith

CarOwn

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

Thomas Jefferson

GoodMindBelieveDoingDoing Good

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