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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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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I couldn't have attended half the parties that I was supposed to have been to according to the newspapers. It bothers me.
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Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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You can tell if there's magic in something. When you start it, you want to finish it and you want it to be perfect. If you're not inspired, and you're working hard to pull inspiration from somewhere and make a song something it's not, then it's very contrived, and I don't like to write music that's contrived.
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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
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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.
