Will Wilkinson Quotes
The impulse to freeze the system, to try to tape all the cracks and staple all the cleavages, to ensure that nobody has to explain to their kid why Christmas this year is going to be a lousy Christmas, that is one of our greatest dangers.
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The amygdala is one of those brain structures that a lot of people know a little bit about, and there's a definite tendency to conflate the amygdala and the fear response itself - as if the amygdala, and the amygdala alone, 'causes' fear.
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'The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movement in Iraq,' by Hanna Batatu. Few may wish to take on this massive, obscure work, but it changed my life, and I love it.
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I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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If you happen to start a new country in the 1990s, you have the advantage of drafting new laws with the knowledge that the Internet is out there.
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When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick.
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When I was writing 'Shotgun,' it's one of the first songs that's come to me as an image.
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My three best friends get me through everything: I need cute jeans, my kids are driving me crazy, I'm throwing a party, whatever. They keep me dialed in.
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I'm pretty much a straight guy on 'The Office.' We can't all be crazies. You need some balance.
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As a field archeologist, one usually has to specialize in a particular part of the world or specific culture, whereas if one is a materials specialist, one can jump around to different areas. So I've had experience on excavations all over the place.
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I lost the good stuff on my fastball. I had to come up with something to keep me in the league. The knuckler rescued me then.
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But while human liberty has engaged the attention of the enlightened, and enlisted the feelings of the generous of all civilized nations, may we not enquire if this liberty has been rightly understood?
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All artists are equal when they are themselves.
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Kirstie Alley seems like she's absolutely amazing.
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I'll keep going till my face falls off.
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It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it is not fought on U.S. soil.
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It's hard to tell why something touches a zeitgeist and when that same show doesn't in other places.
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Scandal rarely toured after those first few hits. I want to go out and sing and connect with fans who may have never seen us live.
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Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
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Do I wish I was Martin Scorsese? Yeah. But am I really proud of the movies I've made and really happy that I get to keep making them? Yes.
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I was an only child until I was 14, and there were no other kids around the area really. So I spent a lot of time on my own in the fields or by the lake, with just my imagination for company. I suppose I never wanted to let that part of me go.
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I have a very healthy dream life. I dream a lot many, many, many nights a week. When I'm shooting, it's even more - I don't know if it has to do with stress or with creation.
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My policy in America is, 'Steady growth is forever.'
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The impulse to freeze the system, to try to tape all the cracks and staple all the cleavages, to ensure that nobody has to explain to their kid why Christmas this year is going to be a lousy Christmas, that is one of our greatest dangers.
