B. F. Skinner Quotes
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A common mistake people make regarding dining rooms is to buy a matching set of table and chairs, which can be monotonous. I like to mix guest chairs in one style and head chairs in another for a more interesting, dynamic look.
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You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
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I like talking one-on-one to everyone. I find it really sort of cathartic and interesting to hear people's opinions.
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The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.
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What you pay for an investment is the single biggest determinant for how successful that investment will be. When equity prices are high, your returns will be lower. When they are cheap, your returns will be higher.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.
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How well you eat and rest helps you analyse your energy reserves.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.
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Any trend that is developed too fast and is disposed right away is not going to have a lasting impression on the culture, you know?
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No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It's something you have to do on your own.
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Our dream as actors is to tell interesting stories about interesting people.
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The larger truth, the universal truth that you can give in a novel, is far greater than what you can give through journalism.
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You don't need Beanie Sigel in the building with a pre-perception that this crazy dude might do anything.
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Make big pots of soups, stews and chilis - they stretch a buck, and you can live off them for days!
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Attraction is what happens between you. It's not universal. And it's not conventional. And thank God for that.
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The only way you know what it is to be a boxer is to be one.
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It was an interesting question as to whether the BBC had a future in the digital world, and what form of market failure could justify the licence fee system.
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All the actors I respect, especially old-Hollywood actors, the reason I think so many of them have had long careers is that there is a sort of mystery about them. You don't know what they do on Friday nights when they go home from work. You have no clue. You have this sort of fantasy about them.
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The moments we have behind us, you won't be able to see again. We're only responsible for what we live in right now.
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I like seeing my physical progress through a volume, particularly if it's a big book.
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A lazy man works twice as hard. My mother told that to me, and now I say it to my kids. If you're writing an essay, keep it in the lines and in the margins so you don't have to do it over.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
