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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I didn't audition for 'SNL.' I sent in a tape to 'SNL' the year before I started writing there, but I got the job there through doing stand-up on Fallon.
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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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New technologies such as solar systems or hybrid cars aren't created overnight. By extending these tax credits we are giving this industry time to grow, branch out and succeed.
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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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I have always loved Las Vegas. It's a traditional place for lounge comics to perform, and I love that.
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One of the good things about losing your feet is I can wear all the pointy shoes I want, and it doesn't hurt anymore. I can wear shoes just for fashion now.
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The unknown should not be a source of suspicion, fear, or retreat to superstition, but motivation to continue asking questions and seeking answers.
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If you want it bad enough, you have to be willing to fight for it.
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My father chose my name , and my last name was chosen by my ancestors . That’s enough, I myself choose my 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.
