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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Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.
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I've stayed focused on the job at hand representing the people of the 5th district... a voice for everyone rich or poor or male or female.
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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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There is no gender to my music. There's no male or female voice, no trite lyrics or poetry. It's much more abstract, so it lives with you longer.
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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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Becoming a producer enables you to empower yourself, to make the film that you want to make. I have desires to make movies - I have movies I'm developing, and things that I'm interested in.
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In the mid-1980s, there was a grassroots desire for American culture. Maybe it was not a definite harbinger to what was to come in terms of the fall of the Soviet Union, but it certainly gave a heads up to the global merging of the retail culture.
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When you're an outsider and going into a culture like America, it's easier to stay away from any cliches because you're not really aware of what they are.
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A culture of discipline is not a principle of business, it is a principle of greatness.
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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.
