Brian Christian Quotes
The satirical Peter Principle, articulated in the 1960s by education professor Laurence J. Peter, states that “every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.” The idea is that in a hierarchical organization, anyone doing a job proficiently will be rewarded with a promotion into a new job that may involve more complex and/or different challenges. When the employee finally reaches a role in which they don’t perform well, their march up the ranks will stall, and they will remain in that role for the rest of their...
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Over the years, I've learned that a sense of humor is the only skill that allows you to turn sucking at life into a career.
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Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.
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I think personal beliefs of everybody shape everybody.
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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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I want to have my desperate need for personal success shrunk, not enlarged.
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I don't ever wish I was somebody else.
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Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.
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I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky.
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In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.
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I don't watch my own films very often. I become so jittery and ready to cry... and miserable. I think it's awful.
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I entered the industry at very young age, and I was like any normal girl at the age of 17 or 18. At that age, most girls are a little plump.
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I always think I have a chance, and I always give it all I've got.
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I want to serve the people.
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You have to be quite stupid to act.
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We must broaden the definition of who our neighbors are, and extend the boundaries of our interest and empathy.
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Through the program, they get the basics of what it takes to train.
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A producer wouldn't think of making a film about ballet dancers without using real dancers, but they will cast actors who have never held a bat in baseball films.
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I know a lot of people in Washington would say, well, you know, indigent people can't manage their health savings account. They're too stupid. But they're not too stupid. Somebody has a diabetic foot ulcer, they learn very quickly not to go the emergency room where it costs five times more to take care of it. They go to the clinic.
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Lenin may be proud of what his comrades are doing; the Russian workers are acquiring immortal glory in attempting the realization of what hitherto had been only an abstract idea…..
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Readers want to see, hear, feel, smell the action of your story, even if that action is just two people having a quiet conversation.
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I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family.
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The satirical Peter Principle, articulated in the 1960s by education professor Laurence J. Peter, states that “every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.” The idea is that in a hierarchical organization, anyone doing a job proficiently will be rewarded with a promotion into a new job that may involve more complex and/or different challenges. When the employee finally reaches a role in which they don’t perform well, their march up the ranks will stall, and they will remain in that role for the rest of their...
