Malcolm Gladwell Quotes
So, it's a very, you know - maybe we're wrong in - you know, we go around thinking the innovator is the person who's first to kind of conceive of something. And maybe the innovation process continues down the line to the second and the third and the fourth entrant into a field.

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Oh wow, you know what's wrong with all these families on TV? All these kids say stuff no kid would say. Stuff grown-ups want them to say. Man, I'd make a really realistic family. Where kids get spankings. On TV parents say, 'Oh, you shouldn't do that ever again. Now you can have ice cream.' Forget it.
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The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest.
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I was never that kid who used to brag about anything.
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We hear a lot about rebuilding Detroit, and we just spent $70 billion to bail out the auto industry - well, they need to be cost competitive, too. If they have high-cost energy, those suppliers are going to move to Japan or Mexico instead of Michigan and Tennessee.
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The difference between the more traditional sports clubs and Congress is that Congress doesn't really compete against another team.
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Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up.
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Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.
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With a film, you just don't have time to build sympathy for the character. But I think we're moving away from that in TV. With TV, you have a little more leeway to allow them to rise and fall and rise again and be much more complicated beings.
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What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all - the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.
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In the Army, because the stakes are so high - right? - you can't just be a yes-man and say, 'Great idea, boss!' if you don't believe it - right? - because lives are at stake. And the commanders that I've worked for, they want frank assessments; they want criticism and feedback.
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I was always a fan of the game, and I wouldn't have taken this job if I wasn't a fan of the game.
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My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
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Golf was my vehicle to competition, and I can't play if I can't compete.
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With great ideas come great changes. Bitcoin's that.
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Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
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Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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When food prices surge, poor families suddenly find themselves unable to afford enough nutritious food. If this happens during the first thousand days of a child's life, the damage to his or her body and mind can be permanent.
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If I never spoke of hell, I should think I had kept back something that was profitable, and should look on myself as an accomplice of the devil.
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Thinking can only serve to measure out the helplessness of thought.
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Like blood, like good, and like agen make the happiest marriage.
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I crashed my bicycle on the way to my first date with my ex-girlfriend and was cautioned by the police.
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If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.
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So, it's a very, you know - maybe we're wrong in - you know, we go around thinking the innovator is the person who's first to kind of conceive of something. And maybe the innovation process continues down the line to the second and the third and the fourth entrant into a field.