Jonah Lehrer Quotes
Creativity is not a trait that we inherit in our genes or a blessing bestowed by the angels. It's a skill.
Quotes to Explore
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Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries.
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People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.
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It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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I've been able to make some wonderful films, but sometimes you make films with great passion - great belief - and these films slightly don't work at the box office, and they become your favorite films.
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I look for my opportunities, not trying to go outside of my genuine realm, because leadership has to be genuine and authentic.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of young people sharing a flat and getting up to crazy stuff.
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We cannot rest until we make sure that our families can afford to live and raise their kids here, that our seniors can remain in their homes and afford their health and pharmaceutical costs.
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I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.
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When I eat something like vegetable bibimbap, I get that warm and fuzzy feeling of eating stuff that I grew up with.
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I'm not religious, so theres no church on Sunday.
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Most rich countries have reported increases in happiness as they become richer.
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The existing U.N. can be found in the writings of early Communist leaders.
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If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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When you're doing a startup, life is not all roses and rainbows, like you see on Instagram, and killing it.
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No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.
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I'm at my desk for about 9:30 A.M., and I stay there all day. Then there's a lot of checking Facebook and eBay and that sort of thing.
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The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in each effort, but partly on the frequency with which it is exerted.
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When you're a musician, anything you do creatively, you don't ever want to feel like you're on the way down. Not in the amount of money you make or success, but in your creativity. You want to always feel like you're making things that are better than what you did a few years ago.
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I know how hard it is to send two kids to college when you ain't got nothing. I know people may not think of me in that way, but this business gives you ups and downs.
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When you're in the middle of it, when you're a kid growing up, you don't think, 'This is my first heartbreak.' You just think, 'My heart is broken.' But then as a parent, you look back, and you see your child go through his or her first heartbreak, and you're realizing, 'Oh my God, this is her first heartbreak.'
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Creativity is not a trait that we inherit in our genes or a blessing bestowed by the angels. It's a skill.
