Malcolm Gladwell Quotes
You don't train someone for all of those years of medical school and residency, particularly people who want to help others optimize their physical and psychological health, and then have them run a claims-processing operation for insurance companies.
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A lot of panel programmes rely on men topping each other, or sparring with each other, which is not generally a very female thing.
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The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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For me, it's always been very essential to work on projects that one can work on almost for their entire life.
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Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
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I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and earn a living. So I went back to England and the only thing I knew to earn any cash was through hairdressing.
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I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.
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I don't know how to say no, and that's a weakness.
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When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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I love sitcoms, and I grew up on sitcoms. That's my tasty junk food.
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I needed to take a break from performing, and from the Peas, to be happy. I craved female time, and time with my husband to feed my soul. My life now is about being balanced. I'm passionate about work and working out, seeing friends and family, and letting my hair down once in a while.
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
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I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.
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The study of history reveals that human progress has not been continuous and regular, but intermittent and spasmodic, often depending upon apparently accidental causes. It is difficult to get a cross-section view of society at any given stage.
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I think professionally I admire people and the way they've handled their careers and being in the media. But the people that I used to inspire me and keep me going were my peers in Toronto - I would see the same girls going to audition after audition, and their resilience to do it again, and I found that inspiring.
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This radical Islam is a religious-based ideology. And you actually have to, when you deal with the ideology, you have to attack it on that basis.
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You don't train someone for all of those years of medical school and residency, particularly people who want to help others optimize their physical and psychological health, and then have them run a claims-processing operation for insurance companies.
