Warren Farrell Quotes
Any guy who’s played team sports has practiced a skill I call 'team sport empathy': he’s practiced focusing on anticipating the other team’s moves. That means figuring out their way of looking at the situation.
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Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
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The harder you work, the luckier you get.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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Decolonisation seems to have dented little the sense of superiority that since 1945 has made American leaders in particular consistently underestimate the intensity of nationalist feeling in Asia and Africa.
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I do feel like there's a level of ridiculousness going on in electronic music... It's getting borderline absurd out there.
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We had a kid. The kid was awesome. She didn't fall asleep easily. We complained about it. We got frustrated. But we didn't look for an out. We just accepted that this was part of parenting.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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I don't want everything to be flowery perfection. I like it there to be a charge behind it, you know?
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.
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Not a 'Mad Men' guy. Never got into it. I'm kind of a contrarian that way. If something gets too popular too fast before I can get on it, I just get really annoyed. Everybody tells me I'm an idiot; it's supposed to be amazing. I saw some of the second season; I loved it, but I was just detached. I didn't get into it.
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Right now, I'm at the top of the world in my game so my focus isn't on when I'm going to end. My focus is on playing the best tennis that I can, and there is no end to that.
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Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts.
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I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.
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Any guy who’s played team sports has practiced a skill I call 'team sport empathy': he’s practiced focusing on anticipating the other team’s moves. That means figuring out their way of looking at the situation.
