Majors Quotes - Page 9

• As a graduate student, I wrote a long paper connecting the dots between mathematical models of learning and language development in children. It was published in a major journal.

  Steven Pinker

  Children, Long, Dots

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• Some people believe that the nuclear bomb should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, since it scared the major powers away from war by equating it with doomsday.

  Steven Pinker

  War, Believe, People

  "History and the Decline of Human Violence". Interview with Gareth Cook, www.scientificamerican.com. October 4, 2011.

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• I'm a little bit damaged in about 15 different ways, and it's been nice that no particular damaged area has become a major issue. I'm a more than moderately healthy 65-year-old male who has gotten away with a lot of stuff.

  Iggy Pop

  Nice, Years, Issues

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• Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence.

  Natalie Portman

  Sex, Thinking, Drug

  Interview with Ted Demme and Ingrid Sischy, "Ingenue", March 1996.

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• The American audience has really opened up to women being A.) funny and B.) kinda crude. 'Bridesmaids' is R-rated, and I think it was a major coup for women to have an R-rated comedy that did really well. Same as 'Bad Teacher.'

  Chris Pratt

  Teacher, Thinking, Bridesmaids

  "The Very Busy Chris Pratt on Preparing for Moneyball, Goofing in What's Your Number? and Ten Year". Interview with Christopher Rosen, movieline.com. August 29, 2011.

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• There have been major disagreements within the European Union.

  Jean-Pierre Raffarin

  Europe, Unions, Has Beens

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• In 1967 I entered Harvard as a freshman, confident - in the way that only 17-year-olds are - that I could change the world. My major was African Studies, and my plan was to travel to Tanzania, where President Julius Nyerere was creating a government based on democracy and socialism.

  Bonnie Raitt

  Government, Years, Creating

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• Most of the competition was into bulk popcorn because of the major increases in the Drive-In Theatre Outlets.

  Orville Redenbacher

  Competition, Theatre, Popcorn

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• I don't know what goes on in the crowd. I've had them show up and throw beer cans at me. I caused riots in most of the major cities.

  Lou Reed

  Beer, Cities, Goes On

  "Lou Reed dead: 14 of the Velvet Underground legend's best quotes" by James Robertson, www.mirror.co.uk. October 27, 2013.

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• Major part of the Southern California pop scene in the 60s
  "People think that love is an emotion. Love is good sense."

  Ken Kesey

  Life, Love Is, Thinking

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• I love classical music. It has left a major mark on my playing.

  Slash

  Music, Mark, Left

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• If the Queen can reject the advice of a minister on a little thing like a postage stamp, what would happen if she rejected the advice of the Prime Minister on a major matter? If the Crown personally can reject advice, then, of course, the whole democratic facade turns out to be false

  Tony Benn

  Queens, Advice, Crowns

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• If silicon had been a gas I should have been a major-general.

  James Whistler

  Science, Should Have, Gas

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• The major difference between the big shot and the little shot is the big shot is just a little shot who kept on shooting.

  Zig Ziglar

  Happiness, Inspiring, Success

  Zig Ziglar (2010). “See You at the Top”, p.89, Pelican Publishing

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• Anyone in a large organization who thinks major change is impossible should probably get out.

  John P. Kotter

  Change, Thinking, Organization

  John P. Kotter (2008). “The New Rules”, p.187, Simon and Schuster

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• How can we love days that are filled with sorrow? We can't-at least not in the moment. I don't think my mother was suggesting that we suppress discouragement or deny the reality of pain. I don't think she was suggesting that we smother unpleasant truths beneath a cloak of pretended happiness. But I do believe that the way we react to adversity can be a major factor in how happy and successful we can be in life.

  Joseph B. Wirthlin

  Mother, Pain, Believe

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• We have seen numerous instances in which American businesses have brought in foreign skilled workers after having laid off skilled American workers, simply because they can get the foreign workers more cheaply. It has become a major means of circumventing the costs of paying skilled American workers or the costs of training them.

  Ronald Reagan

  Mean, Training, Immigration

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• The shortage of fresh water is the major ecological problem of this moment.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Water, Problem, Moments

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• My mother's great. She has the major looks. She could stop you from doing anything, through a closed door even, with a single look. Without saying a word, she has that power to rip out your tonsils.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Mom, Mother, Rip

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• Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities is necessarily dangerous. Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions.

  Alan Barth

  Atheism, Liberty, Criticism

  "The Loyalty of Free Men". Book by Alan Barth, 1951.

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• I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance.

  Ron Shelton

  Baseball, Jesus, Believe

  "Fictional character: Annie Savoy". "Bull Durham", 1988.

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• When it comes to physicians there is a common thread that is a major barrier to solving our concerns. We are divided. The result is a divide and conquer scenario, in which we negotiate as adversaries, first with government and then with one another about our relative worth, while the "conqueror" observes and continues to rule.

  Brian Day

  Health, Government, Common Threads

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• When it comes to bullshit...bigtime, major league bullshit...you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims...religion.

  George Carlin

  Atheist, League, Bullshit

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• You can use the Internet to find out, from anywhere on the planet: exactly how much coffee is in a certain coffee machine at Cambridge University in England; exactly how many sodas are available in certain vending machines at certain major universities; and much, much more.

  Dave Barry

  Coffee, Cambridge University, Machines

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• Drinking coffee is kinda my major hobby... the great benefit of being an actor is you have all this spare time. My ideal is just hanging out with people - I think I am innately lazy.

  Craig Parker

  Drinking, Coffee, Thinking

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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