Malcolm Gladwell Quotes
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I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.
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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.
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I don't do the gym and I don't diet. I'm vegetarian but I don't diet.
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My Mt. Rushmore of hero worship would include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Marcus Aurelius, Frank Sinatra and Barry White.
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Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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I realized that acting isn't necessarily what I love, but it's what I do. But I really do love filmmaking.
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I will be up at 8 A.M. making spaghetti bolognese for Peter and Sophia's evening meal if I'm working that day. I may not get back for the evening, and I worry if I don't do that, then they won't eat anything.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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When someone says something in an interview, the beauty of Twitter is that it's a platform for instantaneous response.
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The Supreme Court, in 2005, emphasized and contrasted the great power of Congress under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce versus much more limited federal power under the discarded Articles of Confederation.
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The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid.
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If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.
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It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.
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Find a type of exercise that you love - whether it's dance, soccer, softball, anything - just as long as it keeps you active. If you love it, you'll dedicate yourself to it and stay involved.
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The spiritual is the cause of action. Action is life.
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It's interesting having a son. Someone told me that it's good when you have a son first because when you have a daughter first and then a son, you think your son's slow. A lot of parents freak out because they've seen a daughter progress so quickly, and they think their male child is, like, damaged. But boys are just naturally slow.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.
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There has been a terrible hemorrhage of educated women to the West where they can flourish. I understand, but it is terrible. We must stay home.
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The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife.
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If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.
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For the most part, editors no longer view 'Doonesbury' as a rolling provocation, which is fine by me. It makes no sense to intentionally antagonize the very people on whose support you most depend.
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If you're smarter than me, you shouldn't be reading my books.
