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The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it. — Lou Holtz
The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment. — Robert M. Hutchins
Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent. — Miguel de Icaza
People who have no hold over their process of thinking are likely to be ruined by liberty of thought. If thought is immature, liberty of… — Muhammad Iqbal
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the… — Steve Jobs
They're right to think that about me, because I'm the person most likely to sleep with my female fans, I genuinely love other women. And… — Angelina Jolie
We have no reason to expect the quality of intuition to improve with the importance of the problem. Perhaps the contrary: high-stake problems are likely… — Daniel Kahneman
It seems likely that many of the young who don't wait for others to call them artists, but simply announce that they are, don't have… — Pauline Kael
From a scientific perspective there is some indication that a nuclear war could deplete the earth's ozone layer or, less likely, could bring on a… — Herman Kahn
If there is time to reflect, slowing down is likely to be a good idea. — Daniel Kahneman
If you're going to be unreligious, it's likely going to be due to reflecting on it and finding some things that are hard to believe. — Daniel Kahneman
Intuitive diagnosis is reliable when people have a lot of relevant feedback. But people are very often willing to make intuitive diagnoses even when they're… — Daniel Kahneman
Policy makers, like most people, normally feel that they already know all the psychology and all the sociology they are likely to need for their… — Daniel Kahneman
A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a… — John F. Kennedy
A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist… — John F. Kennedy
Identical twins are ideal lab specimens for studying the difference between learned and inherited traits since they come from the womb preloaded with matching genetic… — Jeffrey Kluger
A cockroach likely has no less brainpower than a butterfly, but we're quicker to deny it consciousness because it's a species we dislike. — Jeffrey Kluger
Older fatherhood isn't all bad: testosterone rates drop about 1% per year as men age, making them less reactive and more patient, and a professionally… — Jeffrey Kluger
Tamerlan Tsarnaev is telling no tales. The older of the two brothers who committed the Boston Marathon bombings was likely the one who planned the… — Jeffrey Kluger
I always think, look at how people were before they were pregnant. If you were a toned, healthy, energetic person, most likely you will be… — Heidi Klum
A significant fraction of evangelical voters appear more likely to ignore the candidates' specific economic and foreign policy platforms in favor of concerns about gay… — Lawrence M. Krauss
Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait. — Madeleine M. Kunin
'Job Killer.' Those are the two words you are most likely to hear uttered by most American CEOs when confronted with proposals to enact family-friendly… — Madeleine M. Kunin
I think that an actor is more likely to be forgiven in the public's eye than an actress. — Mila Kunis
A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out. — Georg C. Lichtenberg

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