B. F. Skinner Quotes
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My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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I made sacrifices willingly; it was what I did best.
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I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.
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I've often said that there's no one thing that I do or have done that is particularly unique. There have been a lot of other authors who were in the military. There have been a few others who were pilots. There have certainly been a lot of other people who were in politics or served congressional staffs.
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I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.
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I can paint in jail.
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After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go.
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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
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I've always had an interest in vampire films - not just 'Nosferatu,' but there are many others that I have enjoyed: Abel Ferrara, Coppola, Neil Jordan.
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The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011 was an immense tragedy that sparked a global response. The international community came forward with aid to the victims and came together to address the broader concerns about nuclear security and safety.
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I had a long period of writing what I think of as 'save the world' novels. 'Fledgling' was a chance to play.
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How does one measure the success of a museum?
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The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.
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The strange anthropological lesson of social media is that human beings, if given a choice, often prefer to socialize alone.
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The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.
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Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
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It was once religion which told us that we are all sinners because of original sin. It is now the ecology of our planet which pronounces us all to be sinners because of the excessive exploits of human inventiveness.
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The most original of authors are not so because they advance what is new, but more because they know how to say something, as if it had never been said before.
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I don't know whether I want to improve religion or not. I prefer to get rid of it.
