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Small: Why do people believe that there are dangerous implications of the idea that the mind is a product of the brai
"Why do people believe that there are dangerous implications of the idea that the mind is a product of the brain, that the brain is organized in part by the genome, and that the genome was shaped by natural selection?"
Steven Pinker, Scientist
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Small: The connections I draw between human nature and political systems in my new book, for example, were prefigured
"The connections I draw between human nature and political systems in my new book, for example, were prefigured in the debates during the Enlightenment and during the framing of the American Constitution"
Steven Pinker, Scientist
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Small: Personality and socialization arent the same thing
"Personality and socialization aren't the same thing"
Steven Pinker, Scientist
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Small: Most intellectuals today have a phobia of any explanation of the mind that invokes genetics
"Most intellectuals today have a phobia of any explanation of the mind that invokes genetics"
Steven Pinker, Scientist
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Small: I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanitie
"I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor"
Steven Pinker, Scientist
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Small: I was 17 and the whole thing was very confusing at the time. It was a great job and I loved it, and to lose th
"I was 17 and the whole thing was very confusing at the time. It was a great job and I loved it, and to lose the role was definitely tough for me. I was devastated when I lost the role"
Sarah Chalke, Actress
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Small: The great appeal of the doctrine that the mind is a blank slate is the simple mathematical fact that zero equa
"The great appeal of the doctrine that the mind is a blank slate is the simple mathematical fact that zero equals zero"
Steven Pinker, Scientist
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Small: Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system
"Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language"
Steven Pinker, Scientist
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Small: We have such a good time working together. It makes such a difference going to work every day for 14 hours and
"We have such a good time working together. It makes such a difference going to work every day for 14 hours and being able to hang out and have a good time"
Sarah Chalke, Actress
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Small: Im having the time of my life. Ive never looked forward to going to work so much every day. Im loving it its g
"I'm having the time of my life. I've never looked forward to going to work so much every day. I'm loving it; it's great. It's what I love to do and I wouldn't want to be doing anything else"
Sarah Chalke, Actress
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Small: I would be sad if it ended now. Its been the best job Ive had by a long shot, especially creatively because th
"I would be sad if it ended now. It's been the best job I've had by a long shot, especially creatively because the writing is so good. Every week I get the script and I laugh out loud and get excited for the different stuff we get to do"
Sarah Chalke, Actress
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Small: I think that we had a really loyal, great audience on Tuesdays and we were hoping that with the move, they wou
"I think that we had a really loyal, great audience on Tuesdays and we were hoping that with the move, they would come with us. It looks like they have, so things are good and we are going to keep building"
Sarah Chalke, Actress
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Small: I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to rema
"I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely"
Mary Pickford, Actress
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Small: Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exerc
"Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that"
Mary Pickford, Actress
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Small: To me, I was always just standing on the sidelines because up until issue 50, we were just doing Spawn.
"To me, I was always just standing on the sidelines because up until issue 50, we were just doing Spawn. I wasn't recruiting anybody because I didn't have any books for people to work on"
Todd McFarlane, Artist
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Small: Im tired of trying to get other people to see into my brain. Im done
"I'm tired of trying to get other people to see into my brain. I'm done"
Todd McFarlane, Artist
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Small: I guess The Grudge made over 100 million, but none of them had long legs after they came out but they all open
"I guess The Grudge made over $100 million, but none of them had long legs after they came out but they all opened up and found an audience. If you could make those movies for a price, which is what I want to do with Spawn, then you could have some success"
Todd McFarlane, Artist
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Small: Here is a fear for me, I never wanted to be one of those guys that was defined by a body of work 20 years old
"Here is a fear for me, I never wanted to be one of those guys that was defined by a body of work 20 years old"
Todd McFarlane, Artist
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Small: Anthology shows as a whole scare people. The networks cant quite get their heads around it
"Anthology shows as a whole scare people. The networks can't quite get their heads around it"
Todd McFarlane, Artist
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Small: Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have k
"Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have kids with good language skills could simply mean that and that the same genes that make parents talkative make children articulate"
Steven Pinker, Scientist
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Small: But in most cases even the possibility that the correlations reflect shared genes is taboo
"But in most cases even the possibility that the correlations reflect shared genes is taboo"
Steven Pinker, Scientist
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Small: I love acting, and it was really important to me to give it a real shot
"I love acting, and it was really important to me to give it a real shot"
Sarah Chalke, Actress
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Small: Youve got to let it go and say it was the best I could do at that time and place in my life. You hope that the
"You've got to let it go and say it was the best I could do at that time and place in my life. You hope that the thing you're doing next is a little bit better"
Todd McFarlane, Artist
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Small: That became a big time in comic books because its when people were starting to break out into independent stuf
"That became a big time in comic books because it's when people were starting to break out into independent stuff, the market was getting choked with speculators and everybody was trying to do their own trick covers"
Todd McFarlane, Artist
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Small: Obviously Spawn was at the top of the charts at that point so you get a lot of opportunities
"Obviously Spawn was at the top of the charts at that point so you get a lot of opportunities"
Todd McFarlane, Artist
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Small: The place to find the explanation for the liberal-activist mindset of the courts is in the political arena
"The place to find the explanation for the liberal-activist mindset of the courts is in the political arena"
Stockwell Day, Politician
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Small: Marriage commissioners who choose not to marry homosexuals are being fired. A Knights of Columbus chapter in B
"Marriage commissioners who choose not to marry homosexuals are being fired. A Knights of Columbus chapter in British Columbia is in court because it chooses not allow a lesbian group to use its facility for marriage ceremonies. The list goes on"
Stockwell Day, Politician
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Small: Bishop Frederick Henry of Calgary is facing at least two official objections to his public statements along wi
"Bishop Frederick Henry of Calgary is facing at least two official objections to his public statements along with expensive hearings before the Alberta Human Rights Commission for expressing his biblical views on same sex marriage"
Stockwell Day, Politician
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Small: Yes, its true, Ive been called the Laurence Olivier of spoofs. I guess that would make Laurence Olivier the Le
"Yes, it's true, I've been called the Laurence Olivier of spoofs. I guess that would make Laurence Olivier the Leslie Nielsen of Shakespeare"
Leslie Nielsen, Actor
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Small: There were 15 people in the village, including five of us. If my father arrested somebody in the winter, hed h
"There were 15 people in the village, including five of us. If my father arrested somebody in the winter, he'd have to wait until the thaw to turn him in"
Leslie Nielsen, Actor
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Small: Its been dawning on me slowly that for the past 35 years I have been cast against type, and Im finally getting
"It's been dawning on me slowly that for the past 35 years I have been cast against type, and I'm finally getting to do what I really wanted to do"
Leslie Nielsen, Actor
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Small: Our Parliamentary system has simply failed to meet the challenge of judicial activism
"Our Parliamentary system has simply failed to meet the challenge of judicial activism"
Stockwell Day, Politician
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Small: Individuals have little opportunity to get elected to Parliament under the label of the government party...
"Individuals have little opportunity to get elected to Parliament under the label of the government party... unless they are in good standing with the Prime Minister and pledged to be cooperative"
Stockwell Day, Politician
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Small: I really have to keep an eye on myself, because sometimes I think I might say something important
"I really have to keep an eye on myself, because sometimes I think I might say something important"
Leslie Nielsen, Actor
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Small: There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that acquires the culture,
"There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that acquires the culture, and that responds to socialization"
Steven Pinker, Scientist
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Small: So no, its not all in the genes, but what isnt in the genes isnt in the family environment either. It cant be
"So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family environment either. It can't be explained in terms of the overall personalities or the child-rearing practices of parents"
Steven Pinker, Scientist
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Small: I think that as is true in this industry, everything gets blown out of proportion because its more fun for peo
"I think that as is true in this industry, everything gets blown out of proportion because it's more fun for people to read about. It's even more fun to read about if the stories get wilder and wilder"
Sarah Chalke, Actress
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Small: I dont think when people sign up for a life of doing something they love to do they should have to sign up for
"I don't think when people sign up for a life of doing something they love to do they should have to sign up for a complete loss of privacy. I understand a little loss of privacy coming with the job"
Sarah Chalke, Actress
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Small: Its not really that Ive been an advocate for hearing aids for a long time, its just that Ive been losing my he
"It's not really that I've been an advocate for hearing aids for a long time, it's just that I've been losing my hearing for a long time! So it's actually very important for me because I'm actually hearing impaired and I simply want to hear better!"
Leslie Nielsen, Actor
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Small: Ive finally found my home - as Lt. Frank Drebin
"I've finally found my home - as Lt. Frank Drebin"
Leslie Nielsen, Actor
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