B. F. Skinner Quotes
Many social practices essential to the welfare of the species involve the control of one person by another, and no one can suppress them who has any concern for human achievements
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If there's an opportunity for me to compete at something, I'm there.
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The end of secrecy would be the end of the novel - especially the English novel. The English novel requires social secrecy, personal secrecy.
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Well you know it's dangerous in politics, because especially in the Philippines there's a lot of killing in politics.
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There is nothing more boring than doing singing exercises.
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I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do.
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I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.
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History is full of examples of regimes that were oppressing at home and aggressive abroad, and I can't think of too many liberal democracies engaging in counterfeiting, drug running, missile proliferation, and just about any other illegal activity you can think of as North Korea does.
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I did some good things as a rookie.
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My life is so full of sacrifices.
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If you use tact you can say anything, then make it funny.
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Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.
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Education is gathering information and reading... No human being can thrive without some form of education. How you get it is up to you - the important thing is that you get it.
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Food service is a growth area for PepsiCo.
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Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.
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I just think of everything I do and how happy it will make me to do it. I don't like having my photograph taken, for instance, so I don't do that often.
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I want to tell President Sarkozy - and through him, all the French people - that they were our support, our light.
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Carol Burnett was particularly funny. She swore for the first time on television on Larry Sanders.
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Being married, I've got so many things to do that I am the last to do things for myself. Taking care of my body has been difficult, but I am doing the best that I can.
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We could cope—the world could cope—with a Jesus who ultimately remains a wonderful idea inside his disciples' minds and hearts. The world cannot cope with a Jesus who comes out of the tomb, who inaugurates God's new creation right in the middle of the old one.
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Too many pitchers, that's all, there are just too many pitchers Ten or twelve on a team. Don't see how any of them get enough work. Four starting pitchers and one relief man ought to be enough. Pitch 'em every three days and you'd find they'd get control and good, strong arms.
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Science is a form of arrogance control.
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I'm more comfortable performing in front of 50,000 people than five people - it's easier. When there's that many people, I feel like I'm alone. When I perform in front of only a few people, it's scary.
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I was talking to a woman last night. I said, 'I’m not like other people.' She started to giggle. Then I raised my voice and said evenly, 'That’s one blessing God gave writers - they’re not like other people!'
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Many social practices essential to the welfare of the species involve the control of one person by another, and no one can suppress them who has any concern for human achievements
