Malcolm Gladwell Quotes
I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
Quotes to Explore
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I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker, no thunderstorm without W. H. Auden, no sleepless night without W. B. Yeats.
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My aunt is a newscaster in Lubbock, Texas, and she got a letter that said, 'Natalie Maines will be shot dead at their show in Dallas, Texas,' with the date of our concert. It was freaky to see that in writing.
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The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.
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It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!
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It's like a bird. If he knew what he was doing, he would fall.
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My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn't that enough?
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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Racism is unacceptable in the real world, and it's unacceptable online.
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I think with world building, it's important to create a sense of culture even if it is just a fantasy, and the best way to do that is to look at a real human culture and see what makes it cohesive.
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The Nigerians have been very instrumental in preserving stability in Sierra Leone. They have done this at considerable cost in dollars and Nigerian lives. The US should encourage Nigeria to stay in Sierra Leone.
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I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative.
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Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and I were so different from each other. I was doing very young movies, and Marilyn, who was ahead of me, was doing a lot of homogenized movies that weren't quite as wild as the ones I was doing. Jayne was more of a character of herself.
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Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
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The future ain't what it used to be.
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I won't allow magazines in the house. When I was younger, I wanted to have my hair cut like so-and-so in the class above me at school, not somebody in a magazine. You see young girls trying to dress like so-and-so because they've seen lots of pictures of them.
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LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them.
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I carve stone. I've got hammers and chisels and I carve from sandstone. I just did a big mural of birds and trees.
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A Queen track has those big, thick, block harmonies.
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Dating someone on the opposite end of the happy spectrum teaches you an incredible amount of patience.
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In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
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Next to creating a life the finest thing a man can do is save one.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
