Daniel Levitin Quotes
Approximating involves making a series of educated guesses systematically by partitioning the problem into manageable chunks, identifying assumptions, and then using your general knowledge of the world to fill in the blanks.
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I do a lot of speaking about energy and environment. But that's more a second job than a hobby. Hobby-wise, I love the outdoors - hiking, biking, kayaking, swimming, scuba diving. Because I spend almost all of my life in front of a screen, time in nature is especially important, I think.
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Skin care is so much more important than makeup. Makeup is for when you're having fun and going out. But your skin is forever.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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Gandhi's ideas were rooted in a wide experience of a freshly globalized world.
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For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.
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The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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'Shameless' was such a weird time in my life because I never really experienced any kind of role that put me that much in the spotlight before.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
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Working pretty much nonstop as an artist, the hardest thing is to know what to do with yourself when you have some time off. You struggle with yourself to take a vacation.
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It's not my style to judge anybody.
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Chile's mines are very dangerous; the country has a lot of earthquakes.
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I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.
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I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
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Pilates has been around a long time but maybe was taboo in this sport. I think it's only a matter of time before you see a reformer in every big league clubhouse.
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I was a baby when I began, but I knew exactly what I wanted to wear myself. I became a jewelry designer because I knew how to do something with a pencil and sketch my ideas.
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I'm truly, 100% guided by the characters and my Muse. If one of the characters suddenly decided to do something very different, I'd just go with it. It's much easier to let the Muse drive than for me to try to steer.
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By the time I was 25 or 26, I would have earned a million, but if you looked in the bank account, it's not there because I've spent it. That's what it's there for. I don't want to be the richest bloke in the graveyard. Look at Elvis.
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Approximating involves making a series of educated guesses systematically by partitioning the problem into manageable chunks, identifying assumptions, and then using your general knowledge of the world to fill in the blanks.
