B. F. Skinner Quotes
A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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I feel like if we're not running, we're basically disrespecting our bodies. When you're running, you're really using your body for what it's meant to do.
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More than trends, consumers need functionality. Everything needs an element of fashion, but that's more like a spice.
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We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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This is why I have always said that it would be better if Muslims were poor.
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The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is the source of fundamentalism.
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Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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Congress can protect small businesses by providing effective oversight over SBA policies and make sure they take into account the needs of small businesses while also protecting taxpayer dollars. Congress also needs to make sure that new banking regulations do not make it more costly for community banks to lend to small businesses.
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If there is an authoritarian structure at St. Hill it has been brought into being by the government itself. St. Hill is trying to correct itself. It doesn't know what it's trying to correct because nobody has told it what to correct.
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Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.
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I did almost two years on 'One Life to Live,' so I was thinking, 'Oh yeah, I'm an actor now.'
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.
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I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
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A lot of people who curate in the business, and curate the art, don't really have good artistic sense. They may know commerce, but they aren't savvy enough to know how to balance commerce and art, you know? They don't know how to satisfy both palates.
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When you read about the best places to work, it's never about salary; it's about catered lunches, the daycare - it's the cool stuff that matters.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I never like to get political, but when you have the ability, through your media, to influence a large mass of people, I would want to be a part of the evolving cycle of progress vs. keeping things the way that they are.
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Ah, me, if this is love, then how it torments.
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I need to be more consistent about taking care of myself no matter how busy I am.
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If someone knows me and likes me or my work, they're more likely to allow me to tell their story. But it also cuts the other way.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
