Likely Quotes
2182 Likely quotes by 1547 unique authors
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Politicians are very experienced - maybe too experienced - at using body language to signal power and competence. But what these politicians are much more…
— Amy Cuddy
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I have often asked myself if I would have worked as hard if I was as ill as Steve Jobs. My answer is that my…
— Terry Gou
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Nausea is a normal but unpleasant effect of pregnancy and a really good sign that it is going well. Women who experience nausea in early…
— Emily Oster
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The enjoyment of work - to the extent that you have any - is likely highest in the first hours of the day when you…
— Emily Oster
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For millions of girls around the world, motherhood comes too early. Those who bear children as adolescents suffer higher maternal mortality and morbidity rates, and…
— Esther Duflo
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As leakers take great risks in releasing information, assuring them that they are not sacrificing themselves in vain and that their leaks would have public…
— Evgeny Morozov
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For all the power of video and film, I am not giving up my pen. I am just much more likely to try to link…
— Naomi Wolf
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Educated mothers are 50 percent more likely to immunize their children than mothers with no schooling.
— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
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The end of life is likely to be an important focus for innovation. Most people die in hospitals, tied up with tubes and with their…
— Geoff Mulgan
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Conflicts are never caused in any simple way by identity, culture or economics. Where resources are scarce, or there are strong historical memories of conflict,…
— Geoff Mulgan
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The discovery and investigation of life on other planets is likely to change many of our ideas about how life arose on the Earth and…
— George Smoot
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Leaks are not the problem; they are the symptom. They reveal a disconnect between what people want and need to know and what they actually…
— Heather Brooke
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When children are hungry, sleepy from a night spent fighting untreated asthma, or hobbled by symptoms of undiagnosed illnesses, they are less likely to do…
— Irwin Redlener
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One study found that people who smile in childhood photographs are less likely to get a divorce.
— Jenna McCarthy
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I was voted by my high school senior class as most likely to recede.
— Frank Welker
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Think about what caused the injury and how it can be prevented next time; that way, you will become a smarter athlete and less likely…
— Kevin R. Stone
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Certainly businesses the world over are facing greater competitive pressure than ever before, and this leads to executive stress which, in turn, tends to bring…
— Srikumar Rao
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I work to create systems that can accurately detect pandemics early, determine their likely importance, and, with any luck, crush those that have the potential…
— Nathan Wolfe
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I always have plans to return to the stage. I leave myself very open. I think what would be more likely is if I did…
— Laura Bell Bundy
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As N.Y.C. Public Advocate, I released a report that showed that stop-and-frisks of African Americans in 2012 were barely half as likely to yield a…
— Bill de Blasio
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Economies typically do not function well in hyperinflation. The real value of government debt might disappear, but the economy is likely to disappear with it.
— Eugene Fama
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The longer you practice nonviolence and the meditative qualities of it that you will need, the more likely you are to do something intelligent in…
— Joan Baez
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It strikes me that people want to be engaged, and that those who go into a bookstore in a time of crisis are much more…
— Michael Korda
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If our extinction proceeds slowly enough to allow a moment of horrified realization, the doers of the deed will likely be quite taken aback on…
— Eliezer Yudkowsky
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The time has come to seriously ask whether antioxidant use much more likely causes than prevents cancer.
— James D. Watson
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