Malcolm Gladwell Quotes
The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction, even if people liked it, because I can only duplicate myself.
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The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.
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It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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I think when you have an optimistic attitude, and you believe that God is guiding you, that you will find the good things in your life and that you will lead to good relationships and good people in your life. And you can make the most of what he's given you.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
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Everybody talks. Anthony Pettis talked before the fight. Donald Cerrone talked before the fight. See what happened?
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.'
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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Early on, even before he was the front-runner, TV news was giving Trump far more attention than other candidates and far more than he deserved.
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I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.
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Filming 'Eclipse' - Eclipse was my favorite book so I was really excited to start filming the movie. I just love that it's the height of the love triangle. 'Twilight' develops Edward and Bella's relationship, 'New Moon' develops Jacob and Bella's and in 'Eclipse,' the three of them are physically together.
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I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.
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I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats.
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The way to resumption is to resume.
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I started with golf because I saw my brothers play, I was always watching them. It was my life. Growing up, we always played competitions like chipping, hitting.
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Dance ... is life, or becomes it, in a way that other arts cannot attain. It is not in stone, or words or tones, but in our muscles. It is a formulation of their movements.
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What's terrible is that there's nothing terrible, that the very essence of life is petty, uninteresting, and degradingly trite.
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Most jobs today are still structured the same way they were 50 years ago, when most families had someone who could stay at home.
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We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
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The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.
