Joshua Foer Quotes
Languages are something of a mess. They evolve over centuries through an unplanned, democratic process that leaves them teeming with irregularities, quirks, and words like 'knight.'
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I eat healthy and don't go by a diet chart. The breakfast is usually heavy, complemented with short frequent meals. My dinner is high on proteins and low on carbohydrates.
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We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.
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If there's one thing that I've done on purpose it's to take whatever job, so long as it's interesting and challenging, whether it's theatre, radio, TV or film.
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I wanted to identify that the black experience is American experience.
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Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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Olympic champions should be 100 per cent athletes who have made the sacrifices.
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We all serve a purpose. My purpose isn't to be rejected. My purpose isn't to think small or to be introverted. This door closed is literally pushing me to the next door.
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Singles, whatever. But selling a million albums feels like an impossible thing to do.
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I'm very competitive but in a very nice way.
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I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.
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I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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The return of democracy in our land has indeed thrown the problems of development into bolder relief.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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I have an appreciation for everywhere I've been so far.
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Beauty is boring because it is predictable.
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I have a very vivid memory of the way my parents spoke, and the 50's that I grew up in are closer to the 20's, I think, than today in many, many ways.
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We live in a globalising world. That means that all of us, consciously or not, depend on each other. Whatever we do or refrain from doing affects the lives of people who live in places we'll never visit.
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I think being busy is a healthy thing.
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The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.
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Russia's partners should understand it's best not to mess with us.
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I had always regarded language as more a question of utility than identity. Therefore, I promptly noted that all the (EU) meetings should be conducted in English and French. My older colleagues laughed. Later I understood why. On the second day of the Finnish presidency (of the EU) a German delegation refused to participate in an informal ministerial meeting because no German interpretation had been arranged.
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Languages are something of a mess. They evolve over centuries through an unplanned, democratic process that leaves them teeming with irregularities, quirks, and words like 'knight.'
