Edward Thorndike Quotes
This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case of man.Edward Thorndike
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
V. S. Naipaul -
Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.
Pat Summitt -
I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
Gary Clark Jr. -
When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.
Jack Black -
Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.
Camilla Lackberg -
For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.
Madchen Amick
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
G. M. Trevelyan -
I'm a big collector of vinyl - I have a record room in my house - and I've always had a huge soundtrack album collection. So what I do, as I'm writing a movie, is go through all those songs, trying to find good songs for fights, or good pieces of music to layer into the film.
Quentin Tarantino -
My journey has been that of a character actor.
Harry Carey, Jr. -
The hardest thing to do and most miserable films are comedies.
Eddie Marsan -
I have a lot of Republican friends.
J. B. Pritzker -
'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
Abbi Glines
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If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.
Jack Lemmon -
I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
Orson Welles -
I have always been a strong champion for New Hampshire's environment.
Maggie Hassan -
To be honest, I owned one suit before I filmed 'Mad Men' - the one suit that you have to have as an adult. Outside of that, I never really felt comfortable in a suit.
Aaron Staton -
The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.
Ida B. Wells -
The crowd's a really powerful force on the Internet, and people finally understand how to harness that.
Sam Altman
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All it really takes to fall in love with a script is to understand, right off the bat, one piece of the story.
Lucas Hedges -
We got to know the competition very well. In the '50s popcorn made a big growth in sales. Our main push was to produce the best quality and sell in quality retail outlets.
Orville Redenbacher -
I think I'm very interested in people, in the way our minds work and how we navigate through the experience that is life. Very interested in people's struggles and their choices and their regrets and joys. I'm very interested in the human animal.
Victor Salva -
All genres of music have to evolve, grow, and expand in order to maintain. I don't think there's anything wrong with the growth of R&B. I welcome it.
Ne-Yo -
This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case of man.
Edward Thorndike