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Never Quotes by Steven Pinker
- I never outgrew my conversion to atheism at 13, but at various times was a serious cultural Jew.
- People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have no choice but…
- I have never been a fan of science fiction. For me, fiction has to explore the combinatorial possibilities of people interacting under the constraints imposed…
- Regardless of its causes, thoughtlessly blaming the present is a weakness which, even if it is never outlawed, ought to be resisted. Though commonly flaunted…
- You have to remember that not every creature that was evolving left behind its skull or its tools for our convenience tens of thousands of…
- My worst boss was a departmental chair who never learned to appreciate new developments in the field. He had contempt for students and younger researchers,…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. — Louis Armstrong
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. — J. J. Abrams
- In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its… — Antonin Artaud
- I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D. — J. J. Abrams