Daniel Levitin Quotes
Even though we think we're getting a lot done, ironically, multitasking makes us demonstrably less efficient.Daniel Levitin
Quotes to Explore
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
Felix Baumgartner -
Beware of addictive medicines. Everything in moderation. This applies particularly to the Internet and your sofa. The physical world is ultimately the source of all inspiration. Which is to say, if all else fails: take a bike ride.
Aaron Koblin -
Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.
T. S. Eliot -
The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
Walter Kaufmann -
By the time I was 29 I'd spent eight years with someone else's group of friends. I had no idea what it was like to be a woman with mates of her own to socialize with.
Rachel Hunter -
In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
Mahershala Ali
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I love adventure sports. And, I love cooking.
Kajal Aggarwal -
I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
Calvin Harris -
We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
Randall Terry -
We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
Ingvar Kamprad -
I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.
R. Kelly -
I'm obsessed with cooking! I want a degree in the culinary arts!
Kat Graham
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Once we understand just how to control genes, we have the potential for spinal cord regeneration, bone regeneration, and so on. It might also give us plumper chickens.
Jack Horner -
All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
Maelle Gavet -
I remember when the palm trees were short and Tomorrowland was modern.
Taylor Negron -
Fresh out of college, you tend to join a company because it's a job. But, you tend to stay because it becomes a career; you start to feel at home. In the beginning of your career, you're focused on you: 'I like this place because I'm doing rewarding work; they take good care of me; the people are nice; there's runway for me,' etc.
Ursula Burns -
Startups on the inside are always badly broken.
Sam Altman -
If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.
Adam DeVine
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Many children make up, or begin to make up, imaginary languages. I have been at it since I could write.
J. R. R. Tolkien -
For nine years I worked to change what was hairdressing then into a geometric art form with color, perm without setting which had never been done before.
Vidal Sassoon -
The idea that a lot of sons marry their mothers subconsciously, which I have done in my own life, was interesting to explore.
Jay Duplass -
I think movies moving forward are going to become long-form storytelling.
Joe Russo -
Anything that is non-violent is OK with me.
Jasmine Guy -
Even though we think we're getting a lot done, ironically, multitasking makes us demonstrably less efficient.
Daniel Levitin