Alison Gopnik Quotes
Children have a very good idea of how to distinguish between fantasies and realities. It's just they are equally interested in exploring both.
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All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.
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Like baseball, food will never go out of style; we will always need to eat and we will always find it entertaining. I think of food TV this way - all the fun and none of the calories.
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
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I don't see myself as the king of Bitcoin. I don't want to be the king of Bitcoin.
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All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.
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We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words mean no more, if they mean any thing, then the happiness, and the labor, and the necessities of men.
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You always have to be on at times, and occasionally people get upset if you say no to a picture when you're eating dinner or something, and that's kind of the hard part. Or if you get crazy rumors that swirl around you from time to time that are just silly.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
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Phoebe Wolkind Ephron cracked wise like Dorothy Parker and looked like Katharine Hepburn.
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How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood.
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Sometimes, how you ingest this idea of masculinity as projected onto you by the world could be the difference of life and death.
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In my view, you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.
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The basic parts, the start-up molecules, can be supplied in abundance and don't have to be made by some elaborate process. That immediately makes things simpler.
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We all want what every girl wants: to look fabulous while we're out there ruling the world.
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I know that in my own personal life, the people who I have dated who are funny can get away with a lot more than the people who aren't.
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How many more school shootings do we need before we start talking about this as a social problem, and not merely a random collection of isolated incidents?
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We've been given this great gift, this huge canvas of these beautiful books by George Martin, and the idea of telling this whole epic through to the end is incredibly compelling.
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Denis Law could dance on eggshells.
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There's exceptional work being done on television. Some of our great writers are writing for television. When you have things to choose from, you typically go after the writing - unless you're going after the money. There are fewer opportunities in film to make money with good writing, unless you're an action hero.
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I need distractions. Good distractions, not bad ones. A good distraction for me is a great play.
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The chemistry you get from playing live with a band is unique.
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Children have a very good idea of how to distinguish between fantasies and realities. It's just they are equally interested in exploring both.
