Alison Gopnik Quotes
Many philosophers say it's impossible to explain our conscious experience in scientific, biological terms at all. But that's not exactly true. Scientists have explained why we have certain experiences and not others. It's just that they haven't explained the special features of consciousness that philosophers care about.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
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I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our audiences who shower us with their love and affection throughout the years.
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There's this label called Neurotica by these sweet girls that have given me some lovely things to wear, and we might collaborate on making a little piece. They're really lovely, and I think they've been quite inspired by me in turn.
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Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
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St. Louis sprawls where mighty rivers meet - as broad as Philadelphia, but three stories high instead of two, with wider streets and dirtier atmosphere, over the dull-brown of wide, calm rivers. The city overflows into the valleys of Illinois and lies there, writhing under its grimy cloud.
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It is because of me that today the union government has sanctioned special funds for the development of Bihar.
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I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov -
It's not easy to play 162 games and be focused the whole time. It takes a lot out of you.
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When our backs are on the wall, that's the time when we enjoy having fun, relax out there, do our thing, don't get the pressure on, see the results, day by day, game by game.
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Returns matter a lot. It's our capital.
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I'm still so young, so I feel like people have wanted to keep me in a 'no-makeup' fresh type of look - sometimes artists are a little afraid of really putting the makeup on me.
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Environmental problems cannot be resolved here the way they are resolved in other countries. I heard that 80 per cent of the environmental problems in the U.S. are solved in court. That can't happen here.
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We have to be able to poke fun at ourselves.
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I read a lot when I'm away. I love courtroom dramas and I'm always looking for new authors.
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The artist has only to remain true to his dream and it will possess his work in such a manner that it will resemble the work of no other man.
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Many philosophers say it's impossible to explain our conscious experience in scientific, biological terms at all. But that's not exactly true. Scientists have explained why we have certain experiences and not others. It's just that they haven't explained the special features of consciousness that philosophers care about.
