Nicholas A. Christakis Quotes
It used to be thought that our genes were historically immutable and that it was not possible to imagine a conversation between culture and genetics.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
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Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81.
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One of my initial memories of being taken over by music was watching Paul McCartney on TV play a tribute to John Lennon. He was playing piano by himself and singing 'Imagine,' and I remember feeling an anxiety and shortness of breath.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is something I need.
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Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.
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My working hypothesis is that stupidity in popular culture is a constant. Popular culture cannot get more stupid.
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It costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees.
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Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.
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The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing right, reserved by the People out of the grants of power made to Congress.
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If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.
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I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
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Maybe he just looks good compared to the bores he's running against.
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The striking surprise is that prophets of Israel were tolerated at all by their people. To the patriots, they seemed pernicious; to the pious multitude, blasphemous; to the men in authority, seditious.
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There was no substitute for reality; one should be aware of imitations.
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I want to be 'Jimmy Chamberlin, the drummer, the musician who's done many things,' not just 'that guy from the Smashing Pumpkins.'
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Excitable, easily distracted, sometimes vacant, prone to gloominess and also extreme euphoria; I can’t be generous with time, but I try to be generous with affection. I’m really lucky to be able to be in some of these situations and it feels really nice to be able to take people along with me for the ride. Oh, and I’m a pain in the ass as well.
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Almost all unhappiness in life comes from the tendency to blame someone else.
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Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it's produced the most extraordinary results in human culture.
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The conversation ran as fluidly as the tea out of the samovar’s crooked nose.
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It used to be thought that our genes were historically immutable and that it was not possible to imagine a conversation between culture and genetics.
