Joshua Foer Quotes
Evolution has programmed our brains to find two things particularly interesting, and therefore memorable: jokes and sex - and especially, it seems, jokes about sex.
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I definitely go with the flow because I feel like I have been so lucky, and so many things have happened to me that just never should have happened.
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Science is an international enterprise where discoveries in one part of the world are useful in other parts.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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Sexuality is one of the biggest parts of who we are.
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Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.
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Either you are extrovert or introvert, and so I am an introvert in that sense. I'm not a social person that wants to go to parties.
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Modeling is basically 'Buy more stuff! Don't you want some more stuff? It will make you look ten years younger and men will like you!' If I'd wanted to be a salesperson, I would have got a job selling.
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I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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It was Britney's movie. I liked that movie. It didn't get too much love, but a lot of people really liked it.
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I love brawling, but I'm a smart fighter.
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Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?
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When I was on 'Dallas,' I was known to audiences of the '80s. And then when my sons, who are in their 30s now, were going to college, 'Dallas' was the cult thing to watch because it was being done on the soap channels, so a whole new generation saw it. And then I have the young fans that knew me from 'Step By Step' in the '90s.
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I try to look at people like Adele and Norah Jones, who are very successful but don't have to deal with scandals.
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If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln.
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It doesn't bother me when people try to deconstruct my songs – because at least they're looking at the lyrics, and paying attention to the way the story is told.
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I have been interested in beauty from an early age. My sister used to put face masks on me and do me up with my mother's makeup!
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I think something I've been drawn to about the people I work with is that they seem to be - like me - people who are a little insane, and have to make music. It's not a choice they're making for the sake of vanity - like it's cool to be in a band.
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There's nothing funnier than religion. Try explaining it to a kid. I had it all wrong when I was a kid.
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I'm definitely a narcissist, and TV is fabulous for narcissists.
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The White Man is tremendously creative. He is the greatest builder the world has ever known. He is the builder of the world civilizations and world empires. Unfettered and unhampered, what the White Race can accomplish collectively when properly organized is truly phenomenal and earthshaking. It is the goal of the CHURCH OF THE CREATOR to develop and bring about this tremendous potential. Bringing out this prodigious potential is what we mean by the resurrection and redemption of the White Race. Our supreme goal is advancing the best interests of the White Race. No cost is too high, no struggle too hard. We gladly intend to pay the price to accomplish this noble goal, whatever the price.
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It's been interesting for me because when I served in government before, I served in the White House. This time, I ended up serving in an agency, and it just made me respect and admire how much happens and that happens every day with people who don't even know all the work that's going on.
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Mistakes are the price of an interesting life.
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Evolution has programmed our brains to find two things particularly interesting, and therefore memorable: jokes and sex - and especially, it seems, jokes about sex.
