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'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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It's really important to teach people how to get food, how to grow it, how to pick it, how to prepare it and what's safe to eat.
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I figure it this way - if a woman claims she didn't want me to fudge her, then you already know she's a liar. So what the hell's the point of a trial, y'know?
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The poets who have written the best poems about war seem to be the poets whose countries have experienced an invasion or vicious dictatorships.
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At my aunt's funeral, I promised myself that I wouldn't be bound by the belief that I'm supposed to stay in anything - whether it's a relationship, a job, a house, or a circumstance - if it makes me miserable. She gave me the courage to find my own happiness.
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I started acting as a way to support myself.
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See deep enough, and you see musically.
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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.
