Alison Gopnik Quotes
Our babies are like penguins; penguin babies can't exist unless more than one person is taking care of them. They just can't keep going.
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
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We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes.
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Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
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If I am going to trash others for their dumb predictions, I must at least hold myself to the same sort of accountability.
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When I paint, some things come out, and I don't know. Maybe it's because I have such talent as a painter.
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I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
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Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.
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The reason I dislike talking about the creative process is that I do have a creative process that is a winner and it's a sure thing.
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I've been around some really good guys from different teams.
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I'm no friend of Tony Blair's and I consider the Middle East policies of the United States and the UK fatal.
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I basically go to the gym three times a week to do weight training for one or two hours.
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I believe that you should move and eat right.
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Credit expansion can bring about a temporary boom. But such a fictitious prosperity must end in a general depression of trade, a slump.
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Our music may sound big emotionally, but that's more to do with the playing, the level of musicianship and the full-on energy. Often, the lyrics are often quite small and focused.
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When you interview celebrities, they're so guarded so many times, they can't reveal anything.
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To me, nothing in the art world is neutral. The idea of 'disinterest' strikes me as boring, dishonest, dubious, and uninteresting.
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When I was in college, I was in the theater department, which for anyone who has been involved in any kind of theater program, you know that it's really wacky and tight-knit, a real family. Me and my good friends from college would do random shows and plays that were sometimes serious, but most of the time really goofy and funny.
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I wouldn't adopt, but what I will do is give my time and go and try to be there for people.
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We all know our duty better than we discharge it.
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Being sexy is kind of funny to me. You know, I can get kind of spunky or I can get tough, you know, that kind of tough, sexy look. But sexy? No, I don't think so.
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I don't know why ESPN asked me to host the ESPYs. I think that they realize we, over at WWE, can engage a live audience. We certainly have an enormous following.
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As a kid, I wanted to be the person running from the monster. I also wanted to be the person saving people from the monster. I wanted to be a superhero.
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Our babies are like penguins; penguin babies can't exist unless more than one person is taking care of them. They just can't keep going.
