Philip Zimbardo Quotes
Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.
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Every time I step onto an airplane, I turn to the right and take a good, hard stare into the maw of the engine. I don't know what I'm looking for. I just do it.
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There is a recognition that Second Amendment rights, like First Amendment and other rights, come with responsibilities and limitations. There is no reason both sides of the gun debate can't support policies that both protect the right to legally own guns for sport and safety, and reduce the likelihood of mass fatalities.
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I'm actually quite a nice person. It's to do with the way I look, an uncompromising sort of face, brusque delivery and voice, and I think the combination of all that. When I'm doing pantomime, children will scream the place down before I open my mouth. There's obviously something that really gets them.
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I don't want to go down in history as a man who allowed blood to be shed.
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Once you come and see Kiss, you either love us or you hate us.
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I was a little too young to be a hippie.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.
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And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.
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What drew me towards team sport were the camaraderie and friendship. The chance to celebrate victory and success with a group of other people is something I have enjoyed doing.
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I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.
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I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
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One thing is certain: our families are important. Don't get so stressed out and so preoccupied that we neglect one of the greatest things that God has given us, and that's our families.
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It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.
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I think lots of men are like that. We sort of get dressed by our girlfriends.
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When I first moved to Los Angeles, I had a really bad run. I would sleep in my car during the day outside the Disney building in Burbank, and that's where I got my first job, which is really weird. I liked to stay around the studios and kind of get the good vibes going.
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I guess I'm bothered by how fans react to certain things and how they're interested in certain things over true talent. I've always appreciated talent over everything else.
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Performing in a live theater is absolutely unbeatable. It is something I have done my entire life and have a gift, it seems, for sharing thoughts live.
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Time travels at different speeds for different people. I can tell you who time strolls for, who it trots for, who it gallops for, and who it stops cold for.
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Our educational system is appallingly poor right now. Yet, somehow we're turning out some of the most intellectual and powerful sophisticated minds in the world. I think that's because we still have the opportunity here.
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The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.
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Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.
