B. F. Skinner Quotes
I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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Last Wednesday, I stupidly dropped my iPhone in the bath, and my life has sort of spiraled almost out of control.
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You have got to pay attention, you have got to study and you have to do your homework. You have to score higher than everybody else. Otherwise, there is always somebody there waiting to take your place.
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My favorite film is probably the finale - 'Deathly Hallows: Part 2'.
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.
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On the other hand, all kinds of adventurous schemes to add security checkpoints to subway and bus systems have been circulating since the London attacks. This is nonsense. No one can guaranty 100 percent security.
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No one escapes from the past without bearing some of its burdens.
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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I think I just have a natural operatic aesthetic. I can't help it.
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Second-generation Muslims who have lived all their lives in Europe are turning up among the suicide bombers and terrorists.
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And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
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The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent.
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I've got a bunch of books... I rely on funny books and movies to cheer me up. Oh, but I must say, I do have the world's most perfect husband, so a cuddle from him always cheers me up. He's a good guy.
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There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.
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Yes, I did try acting when I was in high school and I was terrible at it. So I definitely have had the experience of being bad at artistic endeavor.
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My coach keeps telling me to say I'm not going to retire. I should just go through the motions and see what I feel every year and see if I really want to do it, but personally, I want to do it, but my coach says just take your time, don't rush.
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I have such a crush on Shirley Manson. I think she's the coolest thing.
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When I get into bed at night, I hope I don't get into it alone!
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We collaborate on everything. I'm involved in the writing and pre-production. There's a whole bunch of people who keep in touch at every step about everything.
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about his daughter Emily, who scored 1390 on her SATs
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If I learned anything from the Army, it was about being able to get things done, no matter how tough the assignment, and it served me later in life.
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The greatest threat to the war on terrorism isn't the Islamic insurgency - our military can handle the savages. It's traitorous liberals trying to lose the war at home.
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Basketball is basketball, but with each level, there's new challenges and new things you have to pick up.
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
