Alison Gopnik Quotes
What happens when children reach puberty earlier and adulthood later? The answer is: a good deal of teenage weirdness.
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I have to wear two sports bras when I do my cardio. It takes a lot to hold these puppies up!
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.
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I don't follow anything blindly. I have to know the entire thing, if I have to get in to it. It might sound funny to you, but it's like using English language. I use an English word only when I know its meaning and understand its connotation. You won't hear me say, 'What's up, dude' or anything like that just for the heck of it.
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What I try to keep an eye on is I don't work for the party bosses in Washington. I work for 26 million Texans.
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A high-quality public education can build much-needed skills and knowledge. It can help children reach their God-given potential. It can stabilize communities and democracies. It can strengthen economies. It can combat the kind of fear and despair that evolves into hatred.
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People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.
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This result was confirmed by different researchers using various experimental arrangements.
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Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business.
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My dad was in a hospital for months. The doctors told my dad he would never be able to walk again. My dad beat all the odds. He came back and was able to walk and start boxing again. He went to No. 1 in the world at welterweight to fight for the world title. But he never had his chance to fight for a world title.
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I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them.
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I'm not going to lie. I check the iTunes charts. It's all about the iTunes charts. I only go on the Internet for the iTunes charts and basketball blogs.
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My specialty was baked potatoes with cheese melted over broccoli. I was also very good at melting cheese on bread.
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It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stuff that's not needed.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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I love how the soccer guys just fall when they get kicked and go baby crying.They try to explain to the referee like he's their mother: "Wah! Did you see what he did?" Then they get back to playing soccer again.
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I love the challenge of playing characters forced on life-changing emotional journeys. To work on a project with Billy Crudup and Sam Rockwell is just a dream come true.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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While some mothers sing lullabies to their children, my mother read me poetry. And to this day, I associate my strongest and most insistent feelings with words lyrically organized on a page.
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What happens when children reach puberty earlier and adulthood later? The answer is: a good deal of teenage weirdness.
