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Being smarter gives you a tailwind throughout life. People who are more intelligent earn more, live longer, get divorced less, are less likely to get… — Steven Pinker
Capitalism saved the world, and there is even a heretical theory now, moving up from the level of individuals to countries: countries that trade more… — Steven Pinker
Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem, and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex,… — Nathaniel Branden
Overall, female scientists have fewer resources than male scientists, just as poor people have less access to health care. But if you compare male and… — Alison Gopnik
The less you have to think about how to spend every dollar, the more likely you are to spend wisely. — Suze Orman
Celery leaves are an underused ingredient, most likely because supermarkets sell mostly leafless stalks. — Yotam Ottolenghi
Children with healthy mothers are much more likely to survive childhood, attend school and live healthy, productive lives. — Liya Kebede
Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more… — Zig Ziglar
If the death of Osama Bin Laden brings any peace to those who lost loved ones on that awful day in September 2001, that is… — Henry Rollins
Generally, there are no lightning bolts or magical signs that tell you when it is time to get divorced. When the bad starts outweighing the… — Laura Wasser
Many experts are concerned that the parents who need safe havens the most are the least likely to use them. — Wil S. Hylton
As any competent student of literary composition knows, the more natural and casual a voice sounds in print, the more likely it is to have… — Albert Murray
In general, I found that the more that debates can be about facts and data, the more likely government is to make sound decisions that… — Julius Genachowski
The more times I was turned down, the more I believed I was getting closer to making it. A lot of people in Korea say… — Unknown Author
If I say that I am more interested in preventing the slaughter of large whales than I am in improving housing conditions for people, I… — Richard Dawkins
I think it quite likely that we are the only civilization within several hundred light years; otherwise we would have heard radio waves. — Stephen Hawking
Those parts of history that would undermine the vision of the Left - which prevails in our education system from elementary school to postgraduate study… — Thomas Sowell
Just six years into the 21st century, one can say this is not shaping up to be anything like an American century. Rather, the U.S.… — Martin Jacques
In the aftermath of 9/11 and in the build-up to the invasion of Iraq, few questioned the idea that the United States was likely to… — Martin Jacques
Stress makes us prone to tunnel vision, less likely to take in the information we need. Anxiety makes us more risk-averse than we would be… — Noreena Hertz
Forcing companies to recruit away from the golf course might lead to the appointment of more women from NGOs and academia and medicine, all of… — Noreena Hertz
Explorers tend to be the aggressive types - why else would they risk scurvy, mutiny and other bad things to go out there? So, you… — Seth Shostak
Like prospecting in the 19th century, reconnaissance of the asteroids would of necessity take place in an arena where trouble is likely and help is… — Seth Shostak
An educated child earns more later in life, knows how to keep their own children from dying, produces more food, is less likely to get… — Marianne Williamson
By giving professors jobs for life, universities create a feeling of unanswerable power among too many. Tenured professors who are uninterested in serving the student… — Ben Shapiro

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