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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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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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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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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Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.
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Reality is what you can count on.
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You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level.
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Authors change publishers because it's like being married for a long time and suddenly you want to go out and have a wild affair! No, not seriously, sometimes the deal is more interesting with a new publisher, and other times they have more enthusiasm for your books.
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It might seem paradoxical that the biggest scientific instruments of all are needed in order to probe the very smallest things in nature. The micro-world is inherently 'fuzzy' - the sharper the detail we wish to study, the higher the energy that is required and the bigger the accelerator that is needed.
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When you are starting to run an online business, you need to narrow down a niche market and be able to stick with it until you have a good profit coming in. This can take a while, so you need to have a great deal of patience to make sure that your business is moving in the right direction.
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Fear has governed my life, if I think about it.
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If you're tracking with a character that's running off a thing and diving off, I would leave the camera there and not follow them down, because cameras don't do that. The audience understands that. I'll definitely bring that understanding of keeping things a bit more grounded.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
