Malcolm Gladwell Quotes
If you make a great number of predictions, the ones that were wrong will soon be forgotten, and the ones that turn out to be true will make you famous.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.
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My nephew has type 1 diabetes, and it's my goal and hope that in his lifetime there will be a cure for diabetes. There's no place better to give the money to than the Juvenile Diabetes Association.
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For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a little more conservative in how they approach storytelling.
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It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.
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I've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway.
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Politics is a good thing!
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Most people don't know what they spend in every single area, but they know they have a problem in particular areas.
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I often look at places and kind of mentally convert them to fantasy versions of themselves.
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When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
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Our evolution could have gone in different directions a lot of times. We could have gone extinct at some points. We might not have gotten our big brains, or Neanderthals might have made it while we did not.
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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
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I talk to the universe all the time.
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Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
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What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound than even the sweeping post-World War II changes in production technology.
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Color is a power which directly influences the soul.
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And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that's fine with me!
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I think the key is to give the reader characters they not only care about, but identify with, and to never take away all hope.
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I've found that entrepreneurial success usually comes through great execution, simply by doing a superior job of doing the blocking and tackling.
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Being a father or a mother is not only a great challenge, it is a divine calling. It is an effort requiring consecration.
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I was counsel on the full veterans committee, the first Vietnam veteran to serve as a full-committee counsel in Congress. It stunned me that there was a 600,000-case backlog of claims. During my time in the Senate, it became 900,000.
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If you make a great number of predictions, the ones that were wrong will soon be forgotten, and the ones that turn out to be true will make you famous.
