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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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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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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We must be clear: Donald Trump is lying when he conflates immigrants coming across the border with MS-13 gangs.
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The Chinese government does not engage in theft of commercial secrets in any form, nor does it encourage or support Chinese companies to engage in such practices in any way.
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I've done two albums for Concord Records; one was with Al Jarreau and it did very well for us. The second album was called 'Songs And Stories,' and it had good songs and good performances, but I promised them I would do an album that was more jazz-oriented.
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Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest.
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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.
