Chip Heath Quotes
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Economists of a classical bent lay a large part of the decline of employment, and thus lagging output, to a contraction of labour supply.
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When I was 16, I had a really big hit in the K-pop world. It was a hip-hop/R&B/pop song. I kinda strayed from that because of the writers I was hanging out with.
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I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world.
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I am very superstitious. I trod on a wet towel before winning the Junior World Championships, and now I have to do that every time.
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The poor are discussed as this homogeneous mash, like porridge. The idea that they might be individuals, and be where they are for very different, diverse reasons, again seems to escape some people.
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We all go back to our roots. My father went to the central west, went to Ilfracombe in 1919. He was the manager of the wool scour there. And, Ilfracombe was right at the heart of Australia's great wool industry, and my mother was a teacher at Winton.
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I just work a lot. I just remember recording in a hotel room in Malaysia. I work on planes, I work on buses. A lot of times when I'm backstage in the hotel or on the bus, I would have new ideas.
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Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children.
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I don't describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest.
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On this showing, the nature of the breakdowns of civilizations can be summed up in three points: a failure of creative power in the minority, an answering withdrawal of mimesis on the part of the majority, and a consequent loss of social unity in the society as a whole.
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People are always talking about the old days. They say that the old movies were better, that the old actors were so great. But I don't think so. All I can say about the old days is that they have passed.
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When I watch myself on TV, it's impossible not to say, 'Is that really what my neck looks like?'
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I've never been one to take glee in anyone's demise, and when I saw Jerry Sandusky walk out in handcuffs, I did kind of feel a bit sorry for him, even though the jury found him to do some horrific things; I was like, 'His life is over.'
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If the Americans have Superman, we have Panday.
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I... had my mind blown by all the opportunities that were in California in the '60s and '70s. In Detroit, everything was Freud... Out here, everything was Jung.
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We want to do one thing and do it really well. For us, that's communications between people who are friends and relatives.
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I created FEED as a way to provide people with a tangible way to make an impact in the fight against hunger, with each purchase of a FEED product donating meals directly to children in need.
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I'm a relatively ugly character who's done pretty damn well in film.
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If someone can watch an entire season of a TV series in one day, doesnt that show an incredible attention span?
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I love to watch my movies. You have no idea...I would watch my movies like over a hundred times.
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It's not hard to get the ideas when they come. They just come... it's painful waiting for them.
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The more hooks an idea has, the better it will cling to memory.
