Steven Pinker (Steven Arthur Pinker) Quotes

The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing.

Steven Pinker

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• I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it.

  

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• I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.

  

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• If you substitute marijuana for tobacco and alcohol, you'll add eight to 24 years to your life.

  

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• My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future.

  

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• There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.

  

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• You didn't hear anything about 'Celtic Pride' when they had Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe and they were only winning 32 games a year.

  

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• It's really weird to be playing chords again. Haven't played chords for a long time. I realised I haven't played chord changes since OK Computer and stuff like that.

  

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• I want to see more sports in schools.

  

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• Indian-styled garments are very popular in the U.S., especially in areas near the beach, like Hawaii and Los Angeles.

  

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• When you're put in a position to really affect young people who are going to run the world one day, if you're able to be in their life at a young age and make a positive impact, I think that's a beautiful thing.

  

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• Once your dream is fulfilled you face another one.

  

  Natalie du Toit
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• We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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• Faith I have, in myself, in humanity, in the worthwhileness of the pursuits in entertainment for the masses. But wide awake, not blind faith, moves me. My operations are based on experience, thoughtful observation and warm fellowship with my neighbors at home and around the world.

  

  Walt Disney
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• My parents approached me to go to rehab... So I ran away. I just took off running. I went to a friend's house and I went pretty buck wild. I was snorting Demerol, OxyContin. I don't really remember much.

  

  Jack Osbourne
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• The sense of motion in painting and sculpture has long been considered as one of the primary elements of the composition.

  

  Alexander Calder
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• Playing athletics, playing a lot of different sports, going to drama school... I was one of those kids who wanted to do everything, so I ended up being pretty average at everything.

  

  Matt Bomer
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• My kids know there's no candy, no soda, until the weekend. Those are the days they get to indulge in their sweets. We're big on organic food. I'm not a diet guy; I don't believe in diets. I just believe in a great meal plan.

  

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• Riches and honor are what everyone desires, but if they can be gained only by doing evil, they must not be held. Don't worry about not being in office, worry about qualifying yourself for office. Don't worry that no one knows you, but seek to be worthy of being known.

  

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• I realized that it's all really one, that John Lennon was correct. We utilize the music to bring down the walls of Berlin, to bring up the force of compassion and forgiveness and kindness between Palestines, Hebrews. Bring down the walls here in San Diego, Tijuana, Cuba.

  

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• When I was younger, I wanted to guard myself against criticism, so I did so much more work than was needed. Now, though, it's sometimes better to understand something intuitively than have to dig your way into a character.

  

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• If your life doesn't end in failure, you haven't reached high enough. So it was failure I had to achieve.

  

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• I mean there's that awesome quote where Joanne Woodward said, 'Acting is like sex: you should do it, not talk about it.'

  

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• The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing.

  

  Steven Pinker
  • Compassion
  • Presence
  • Reflex