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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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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The slaves in Rome were incapable of leisure and so their masters gave them entertainment to keep them pacified.
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It's very, very hard to affect culture. And you can get surprised thinking you're farther down the path of change than you really are because, frankly, most of us like the way things are.
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I get interested in the various ways that music is being done in the culture, and some of it I like thoroughly enough to want to learn about it. The way I have been successful at doing that is to become part of it.
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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.
