Daniel Tammet Quotes
I can well imagine that certain writers, even writers that we'd consider today very great writers, may not necessarily have tested highly on IQ just because of their numerical skills, or maybe they may not be very good at memory, and are not particularly good at these kinds of tests.
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If the 'Post' can play the role of a connector between the West and the East, I have confidence in the paper's future success.
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It has seemed, at times, like American carmakers think car buyers are so blindly loyal that they will keep coming back - despite the sticker shock - for crummy cars that guzzle gas, fall apart too soon, and cost too much to repair.
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Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.
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I have not one shred of anger in my heart against Netanyahu or his wife.
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We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.
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New Hampshire is moving in the right direction because we have shown time and time again that we can work across the aisle to solve problems.
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When I was a kid, there was always food to be had on the street in Jerusalem, but anything above a falafel stand was mediocre or worse.
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Science has revealed that the human body is made up of millions and millions of atoms... For example, I am made up of 5.8x10 27 atoms.
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It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time.
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I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
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I have a very short attention span.
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Usually, when inspiration strikes late, the light of day reveals that I haven't gotten an idea for a book so much as a psychiatric case study.
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The hip hop industry is most likely owned by gays. I happen to think there's a gay mafia in hip hop. Not rappers - the editorial presidents of magazines, the PDs at radio stations, the people who give you awards at award shows.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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Statistics show that diversity in the media is pretty dismal. Critical voices from women and people of color are missing from many important conversations.
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The only standard journalists respect is: Will this story promote the left-wing agenda?
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The wonderful thing about being a writer is that everything that happens is grist to the mill.
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'You say 'ore´gano', we say 'orega´no'. You say 'tom a to' we say 'toma´to'. You say 'erb' and we say herb because there's a fucking h at the beginning.
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The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies.
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If you have pumped your fist at God, the good news is that you can come back into fellowship with him right this minute.
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I can well imagine that certain writers, even writers that we'd consider today very great writers, may not necessarily have tested highly on IQ just because of their numerical skills, or maybe they may not be very good at memory, and are not particularly good at these kinds of tests.
