Mark Pagel Quotes
Nothing in our evolutionary history specifically prepared us to live in large societies. Almost everything about the way culture works does.
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I've never said I was a chef - I think I make great food. I will never open a restaurant to do, like, tasting courses.
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
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The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about with people you've never met and for 10 days you're someone else. You're out of your comfortable zone.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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A few months after NASA was formed, I was asked if I knew anyone who would like to set up a program in space astronomy.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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I kind of crave loneliness.
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It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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I love going to the cinema. Whenever I get time off, that's where I go.
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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The people of Iran have had to endure repressive laws that have stifled their freedom of speech and religion for too long.
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I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
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I think, in a lot of ways, we underestimate how much clothing plays a part in achieving our identities and in how we want the world to deal with us.
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We're reminded yet again: we are stronger, we are smarter, we have more fun when we include each other - when we include as many perspectives as possible.
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I'm not too big on cats, and sometimes I'll say something like that, and people get so mad at me. But the truth is, I don't care if they get mad.
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People who passionately want to believe that the world is basically simple react to this with a fury that goes beyond what I consider appropriate for discussing a programming language.
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When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come up at five in the morning and they were all chanting. And we went on the beach and we got chased by a mad dog - big as a donkey.
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Nothing in our evolutionary history specifically prepared us to live in large societies. Almost everything about the way culture works does.
