B. F. Skinner Quotes
I may say that the only differences I expect to see revealed between the behavior of the rat and man (aside from enormous differences of complexity) lie in the field of verbal behavior.
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I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'
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Most people who went about saying a ghost had poked them with a brolly would be locked up somewhere.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.
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I think there are certain business matters which we must now conduct differently than we used to.
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Getting to do 'December Songs' in a cabaret-style format was so interesting because it's like a one-woman song cycle that actually tells a story. It feels like a theatrical experience more than a cabaret because I didn't talk in between. We went from one song to the next, nine songs in a row - bam - I told the story in half an hour.
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Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.
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A film set is the most comfortable place I could be in the world; that's what I know.
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I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.
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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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Most people don't want to get married. Being married, that's a responsibility.
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I don't think God cares what you put in your body or on your body.
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Before 9/11, our defense policy was based on a simple premise: The United States does not start fights; we will never be an aggressor.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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I would hate to be on a plane every day.
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I've had times where I've joked, like, 'I'm going to move to Vermont and become a painter.' And sometimes that joke felt like, 'Oh that's a good idea.' But it was only, like, a daydream for a moment to, like, escape.
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I like having a good time. It's probably my mother's Brazilian genes in me - party, party.
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In many ways I'm similar to Barack Obama, who also has a strange name but was raised by a white American mother. His background is far more complicated than his name would suggest. Furthermore, the fact that I was a child during the hostage crisis has caused me to equate being Iranian with being alienated.
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Here.It will blind you with tearslike a lover.It will make your reflectiona wobbling photo of grief.
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Wo Politik ist oder Oekonomie, da ist keine Moral.
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Desperation will allow you to do incredible things in the name of survival.
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I think I'm a really tough player.
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And I say, the meaning of life is what you make it. There will be as many different meaningful lives as there are people to live them.
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I may say that the only differences I expect to see revealed between the behavior of the rat and man (aside from enormous differences of complexity) lie in the field of verbal behavior.
