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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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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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 love surprises - champagne and strawberries, all that pampering, romantic stuff. Guys ought to know how to pamper their women properly.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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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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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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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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I like to race, not to do laps alone.
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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'm concerned when certain movements or countries have been isolated from the international dialogue because then you have no way of influencing them.
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My best friend growing up really put the bug in my ear about acting. We created this one hour-and-a-half improv play when we were 10 or 11 and performed it at the library. We just played off each other so well and had the best time doing it and the funniest part was, we wound up having packed houses, other people loved it too.
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It's time for male leaders to not only ask for binders of qualified women, but to re-write the definition of 'qualified.' The best man for the job, may in fact, be a woman, whose biography is not traditional, but is rich with experiences and skills that are not necessarily learned either in school or on the job.
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At first the cartoon medium was just a novelty, but it never really began to hit until we had more than tricks... until we developed personalities. We had to get beyond getting a laugh. They may roll in the aisles, but that doesn't mean you have a great picture. You have pathos in the thing.
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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.
