You think it matters to the kids whether they're learning to play on a Steinway or a normal piano? Votes: 9
I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling. Votes: 0
We should be firing bad teachers. Votes: 0
Arousal leaves us mind-blind. Votes: 0
Asian culture has a profoundly different relationship to work. It rewards people who are persistent. Votes: 0
The nature of athletic celebrity is increasingly moving away from the actual field of play. Votes: 0
The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent. Votes: 0
A radical and transformative thought goes nowhere without the willingness to challenge convention. Votes: 0
Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action. Votes: 0
Emotion is contagious. Votes: 0
I'm necessarily parasitic in a way. I have done well as a parasite. But I'm still a parasite. Votes: 0
No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich. Votes: 0
People don't rise from nothing, Votes: 0
Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good. Votes: 0
The kinds of errors that cause plane crashes are invariably errors of teamwork and communication. Votes: 0
The Law of the Few,... says that one critical factor in epidemics is the nature of the messenger. Votes: 0
The trick to finding ideas is to convince yourself that everyone and everything has a story. Votes: 0
Through embracing the diversity of humans beings, we will find a sure way to true happiness. Votes: 0
Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking. Votes: 0
We [people] can't do much about the fate part, but we can certainly do a lot about the man part. Votes: 0
We have the kind of self-made-man myth, which says that super-successful people did it themselves. Votes: 0
What is learned out of hard work and trial is inevitably more powerful than what is learned easily. Votes: 0