Edward Hallowell Quotes
In the world of ADD, there are only two times: there is now, and then there is not now.
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At one time or another, we have all faced the temptation to disconnect by giving someone the silent treatment. After being married to Joel for more than twenty-one years, I have learned that is not the best way to handle a disagreement.
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I don't really know if I'm writing the kind of roles that Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore would play. Jessica Lange on 'American Horror Story' is a little bit more my cup of tea.
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Life starts at conception and must be protected from the first moment.
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I met Drew Barrymore, and she was so cool. She told me, 'I know I just had my baby three weeks ago, and that's why I'm emotional, but I cried when you performed.' And then she pulled out a tissue and said, 'Look, I was sobbing.'
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I realized my obligations to others should be greater than my obligations to myself.
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I'm actually really bad at the Internet. I'm never scouring it to find new artists or new anything.
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I'm pretty boring, as it turns out.
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I know people who are medicated and it's their favorite subject.
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The absence of state capacity - that is, of the services and protections that people in rich countries take for granted - is one of the major causes of poverty and deprivation around the world.
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We all have mental models: the lens through which we see the world that drive our responses to everything we experience. Being aware of your mental models is key to being objective.
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There's no big budget Canadian movie. Whatever movies are big budget in Canada come from the States. Or also have States financing. Everything's pretty small.
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Growing up, I really liked 'Star Wars.' Han Solo would've been really cool to meet. But my stuff was real low-brow. I was watching 'Bugs Bunny.'
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Innovation and commerce are as powerful tools for creating social progress as they are for driving technological advancement.
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I like to try out different methods to get to good songs.
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I had the perm because I wanted wash-and-wear hair. I didn't want to be bothered with it.
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I don't have to work with superstars - I want to work with cool artists that make super music.
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I saw an Elvis Presley movie Jailhouse Rock, where he gets out of jail and makes his own records and takes them to the radio stations himself. And then, he puts records in the store. After seeing that, I made records an put them in stores.
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The par putts sometimes are bigger than the birdie putts.
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Not every problem is solvable, okay.
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I keep trying to understand the phenomenon of why adults are so literal when children are so imaginative. Toys are a caricature of reality.
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One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was reading. I have been a reader ever since.
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In the world of ADD, there are only two times: there is now, and then there is not now.
