Steven Pinker (Steven Arthur Pinker) Quotes
One of the perks of being a psychologist is access to tools that allow you to carry out the injunction to know thyself.
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I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true.
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I'm a little bit awkward on Twitter; like, I'm never really sure what to say.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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Women dress very much according to their moods, so when you see their shoes, it really shows you the character and what they want to show to the world, and what they are feeling at that time.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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I wonder sometimes why the U.S. reviewers are more negative towards turn-based battle systems.
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Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.
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Education - much like law or medicine - should be a profession governed by professionals. Unfortunately, too many policies, even those that are well-intentioned, come from the top, leaving out those closest to the classroom, who have the greatest insight into how to provide a high-quality education for all students.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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Writing has been as difficult for me as for people who don't like to write and as little fun.
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I think being directed and mentored by someone as inspirational as Paul Feig not only improves my performance but, as a whole, makes it what it is.
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I remember the Curia said, that's up to the American bishops, not up to Rome.
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Yves Saint Laurent was the first person who made me feel like a woman.
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I never really thought I was going to be a singer, honestly. I never listened to singers; I always listened to rap music.
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I've never been one to want to be the center of attention and be put up on stages every night. That's just not really my personality. I'm comfortable with it now, but my real passion is being creative.
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This world is too hard for me to leave my kids, without me supervising and being there for them.
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All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture.
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During my childhood, Washington was a segregated city, and I lived in the midst of a poor black neighborhood. Life on the streets was often perilous. Indoor reading was my refuge, and twice a week, I made the hazardous bicycle trek to the central library at Seventh and K streets to stock up on supplies.
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It's still amazing, but when I was growing up, Harlem was the Mecca of black culture. I was so inspired by it, the aspirational feeling you'd get spending time there. Experiences that were really specific to that place.
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'Tattoos' reminds me of where I'm from, and some of the stuff I did when I was growing up. That was one of the things that was appealing about the song when I heard it the first time.
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Most Americans have no clue that before there were highways, there were only waterways to get through the wilderness. If you weren't on a lake or a river, you were in a jungle.
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I don't like to be too submissive in the way I dress. I like quite boyish things, so I hardly ever wear high heels.
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And through it all she offers me protection, a lot of love and affection whether I'm right or wrong. And down the waterfall where ever it may take me I know that life won't break me when I come to call, she won't forsake me I'm loving angels instead.
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One of the perks of being a psychologist is access to tools that allow you to carry out the injunction to know thyself.
