Philip Zimbardo Quotes
Most of the evil of the world comes about not out of evil motives, but somebody saying 'get with the program, be a team player;' this is what we saw at Enron, this is what we saw in the Nixon administration with their scandal.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.
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On issue after issue, the Obama Administration has openly ignored, defied, and unilaterally tried to change the law.
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About three months before a contest, I drink a lot of water. I start to drink a lot of water.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
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If I had the opportunity to buy the latest movie that's out that month and watch it on the comfort of my big screen TV, I would pay for that.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
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I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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Some people think they should go to Heaven but not have to die to get there. Sorry, but that's simply not how it works.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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I never felt like I had a mother.
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My style of playing is more enthusiasm and instinct than skill.
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I now rely on a scanner, which reproduces the passages I want to cite, and then I keep my own comments on those books in a separate file so that I will never confuse the two again.
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I don't want to give any advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes and learn from them. Make mistakes, make mistakes, make mistakes. Just make sure they're your mistakes.
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It's cool to have a big record, but it's even cooler for the world to love it and sing along to it in every club word-for-word. It's a real feeling.
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I was heavily influenced by big voices when I was younger. People like Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, and Patti Labelle really spoke to me. When I got older, I was into Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, and Lauryn Hill, but it wasn't until I started working with a voice coach that I really dove into jazz music.
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Some say let's not give them too much power. But we need power to do the things we believe in and change Israeli politics. In coalition talks, we don't want to have to compromise on what we believe in.
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Most of the evil of the world comes about not out of evil motives, but somebody saying 'get with the program, be a team player;' this is what we saw at Enron, this is what we saw in the Nixon administration with their scandal.
