Majors Quotes - Page 3

• I think that communism was a major force for violence for more than 100 years, because it was built into its ideology - that progress comes through class struggle, often violent.

  Steven Pinker

  Struggle, Thinking, Years

  "The Violent Dangers of Ideology". The Economist Interview, www.economist.com. November 03, 2011.

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• 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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• Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade - and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity.

  George Soros

  Marijuana, Organization, Mexico

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• Fathering is a major job, but I need both things in my life: my job to be a director, and my kids to direct me.

  Steven Spielberg

  Jobs, Kids, Directors

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• I was an art history major, but never specifically contemporary. I would say where I really stopped were the abstract expressionists in the New York school.

  Vera Wang

  Art, New York, School

  "Bridget Foley’s Diary: Vera’s Vision". Interview with Bridget Foley, wwd.com. June 3, 2013.

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• I went from being totally unknown and never acting professionally to being in a major movie and being very famous. It all happened so quickly, I didn't have any time to work things out. It's been pretty scary at times.

  Emma Watson

  Scary, Acting, Very Famous

  "Emma Watson In ‘Marie Claire’: Talks Working Childhood, ‘Protective’ College Classmates", www.huffingtonpost.com. November 3, 2010.

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• I would love to be associated with some sports organization. I was a journalism major. That's kind of intriguing, to do something in the political-commentary arena.

  J. C. Watts

  Sports, Organization, Political

  "10 questions for J.C. Watts". Interview with Douglas Waller, www.cnn.com. July 8, 2002.

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• I had always done theater in extracurricular ways. I'd never been a drama major.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Drama, Done, Way

  "New Again: Sigourney Weaver". Interview with Christopher Durang, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 11, 2012.

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• When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes.

  Len Wein

  Writing, Differences, Editors

  "Speaking with...LEN WEIN". Interview with Marv Wolfman, www.marvwolfman.com.

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• I was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives.

  Rachel Weisz

  Stories, Literature, Narrative

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. May 14, 2009.

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• They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.

  Orson Welles

  College, Pie, Today

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• There is a major ingredient missing from our perception of how changes are brought about; that ingredient is power.

  Paul Wellstone

  Power, Missing, Perception

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• We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of Mozart, which is as real and material as the warmth given up by a glass of brandy.

  Rebecca West

  Real, War, Glasses

  Rebecca West (2010). “Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia”, p.292, Open Road Media

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• A friend of mine, now retired, was then a major exec at a major bank, and one of her jobs, the last four years, was the farewell interview.

  Donald E. Westlake

  Funny, Jobs, Farewell

  The Book Reporter interview, www.bookreporter.com. April 21, 2000.

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• I know I'm good enough to contend in each and every major I play.

  Lee Westwood

  Play, Good Enough, Knows

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• That is my major preoccupation, memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom, glorify that kingdom and serve it.

  Elie Wiesel

  Memories, Literature, Want

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• The greatest fear that haunts this city is a suitcase bomb, nuclear or germ. Many people carry small gas masks. The masses here seem to be resigned to the inevitable, believing an attack of major proportions will happen.

  David Wilkerson

  Believe, Greatest Fear, Cities

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