Malcolm Gladwell Quotes
Take the great example of the four-minute mile. One guy breaks it, then all of a sudden everyone breaks it. And they break it in such a short period of time that it can't be because they were training harder. It's purely that it was a psychological barrier, and someone had to show them that they could do it.
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Life's not fair, is it? Some of us drink champagne in the fast lane, and some of us eat our sandwiches by the loose chippings on the A597.
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My real passions are horses and playing polo. I care a lot about that and staying fit and in shape.
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I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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A government must always be prepared for the unexpected.
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I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art.
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Explosions are not comfortable.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I want to be judged by who I am, not by a relationship.
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Every time you pass a law, it is a little bite out of freedom.
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The flesh is the surface of the unknown.
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The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
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I am about safety for the people and the planet.
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My tax cut would cut hundreds of billions of dollars. So to do it, you have to be willing to cut spending, too. But if you were to cut hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes, that money's left in communities.
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Jokes that are gratuitously offensive are synonymous with bad writing to me. I'm offended as a writer first and as a person second.
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Do I love the road? Honestly? No - but it's how I earn my living. I also don't have the blues, like it's some kind of fever. The blues is my job. It's what I do.
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I'm a fairly quiet and private person. So I haven't sought publicity.
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When you start your bobsled career at 30, a time when most are settling down into their 'real careers' and many are getting married, you can imagine the barrage of questions and the look of, 'You're doing what?' that you receive.
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Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.
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I think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope they will on their own time and their own terms.
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Take the great example of the four-minute mile. One guy breaks it, then all of a sudden everyone breaks it. And they break it in such a short period of time that it can't be because they were training harder. It's purely that it was a psychological barrier, and someone had to show them that they could do it.
