Alison Gopnik
Related RICHARD MARTIN STERN Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD TS (THOMAS STEARNS) ELIOT T.S. ELIOT ERIK PEVERNAGIE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES He felt weighted down by guilt and regret for what might have been his last words to all of them. KAREN ANN WIRTZ HANYA YANAGIHARA It's hard when you have things but lose them, it's even harder when you feel that you're being left ... GARY F EVANS... LOUIS L'AMOUR RICHARD CARLSON THOMAS S. MONSON RICHARD MARTIN STERN GERMANY KENT LISA KLEYPAS The words you can’t find, you borrow.GABRIELLE ZEVIN ROY T. BENNETT MARY BALOGH Divination is the quest to understand more about the past, present, and future. In other words, Taro... THERESA CHEUNG RICHARD CARLSON Time that is spent dwelling on the past will surely continue in your present moment - and the future... MICHELLE CRUZ-ROSADO GEORGE SANTAYANA STEPHEN CHBOSKY WENDELL BERRY What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists -- whatever else they might be --... WILLIAM BLUM RALPH WALDO EMERSON We need to recognize our soldiers and military personnel more and that is what we are trying to do. ... GARY CLAY SWAMI VIVEKANANDA JEFFREY FRY KILROY J. OLDSTER Chewing tiger nut is good exercise for the mouth, i love its nutty taste SOTONYE ANGA ASHIM SHANKER SWAMI SIVANANDA The Girl was gone, buried in the past. She never wanted to hear that name again. She was a woman for... CATHERINE COOKSON We are the future of our past and the past of our future,,,
We dont know what will happen in the fut... LIONY LUMOMBO VON TIRAMISU Leave the problems of God to God and karma to karma. Today you're here and nothing you do will chang... JAMES CLAVELL I've heard that Laurier might not be as strong this year as they have been in the past. However, I t... JENN SWANN ARUNDHATI ROY I have to live with the facts as they are, rather than as I wish they would be or think they might b... ED KEON People who pretend to be your friend lead you up a garden path by saying everything that you want to... GARY F EVANS... We may seem the weakest and most insignificant of all the Realms, but our strength comes in other wa... CHRIS WOODING JIMI HENDRIX In the last analysis we must be judged by what we do and not by what we believe. We are as we behave... GEOFFREY L. RUDD THICH NHAT HANH TABATHA COFFEY DONAL HENAHAN FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Our board might not look the same as others in the league. We're going to be very 'Browns specific' ... BILL REES BLAISE PASCAL Eat for lunch, but let something for dinner. ERBLIN VUKAJ that there are many things that we cant understand. the past. the bad things that happened... and we... NAFISA HAJI Guilt is regret for what we’ve done.
Regret is guilt for what we didn’t do. MARK AMEND MARIANNE WILLIAMSON ELLEN G. WHITE CRAIG GROESCHEL Who is most likely to bother about your happiness? You, yourself. So like yourself, love yourself, c... EVERSKEPTIC Starting today, must forget what gone yesterday,appreciate what remains today & look forward what ca... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA We always may be what we might have been. ADELAIDE PROCTER We always may be what we might have been. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER CRAIG GROESCHEL ANDREW KENDALL We are put very much on our guard by statements that this may be a temporary pause, and that strikes... YEVGENY PRIMAKOV ALAN RICKMAN Don’t regret for the past, don’t fear or stress for the future. Live in present & make it memora... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA If we look at multiple genes, the ethnic variations--such as the ones we found--are likely to be cou... BRUCE LAHN GERMANY KENT MARGARET ATWOOD REBECCA MCNUTT A totally nondenominational prayer: Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may not care... ROGER ZELAZNY If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... No one knows what the cost of gas or coal is going to be in the future. But once past the capital co... LARRY FLOWERS A New Year can bring wind of change along, but what kind of "wind" is that or what kind of "change" ... MOSTAFA BAKOUSH ALAN RICKMAN C. JOYBELL C. Live your life in present. You may take past as learning lesson & hope for the future but you can ma... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Taking trips tore all of us up inside, for they seemed, each journey away from home, something that ... EUDORA WELTY In terms of dangers, such as viruses, fraud or identity theft, I don't think we were thinking ab... BOB KAHN To have the time to reminisce is one of the futures gifts. Don't think to much, don't live to fast, ... CALVIN WILSON We are the masters of our own destinies we shape and mould our lives into to the circumstances surro... GARY F EVANS... MALCOLM GLADWELL What will make you a star is in you SOTONYE ANGA We hope nevertheless that it might be possible to find someone in the remains of the houses. WENDELIN WEINGARTNER Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see thingsE.J. PATTEN To our surprise, we found that treatment with it suppresses food intake. It could have potential as ... AARON HSUEH ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES ZAMAN ALI It might be a rebuilding year for us, but we're going to be competitive because we have our pitcher ... ANDY OWENS The past doesn't exist. There is nothing to be sorry for. Today is when we start to live. Look... lo... ILDEFONSO FALCONES Wherever we are, our regular customers will follow us and we may pick up some new ones. I'm enthusia... BOB BAMBERG Clearly we wouldn't try and do the same thing again, but that doesn't rule out the Australian market... IAN MORRICE JIM WALLIS C. JOYBELL C. We ought to, as human beings, have the courage to seek a collective “truth” that benefits our sp... TARUN BETALA CHARLES DICKENS We are not being therapists at all, but we are listening for what is important in the story. (The st... LYNETTE BULLARD ANONYMOUS That's the good thing about it. Nothing counts except what's goin' on around you. H.L. DAVIS ELEANOR ROOSEVELT We need to live in the now of life, it can't be about how much we suffered yesterday or what we migh... BONNIE LEON SUSAN SONTAG
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It sends a message that Maine peop... ALISON SMITH We're all going to miss Jack. ALISON SMITH In both fours, we viewed the race as an opportunity to work on our race plan against a fast opponent... ALISON REYNOLDS There's no evidence to suggest that cooling relations has dampened business. ALISON REYNOLDS Many people have used the argument that opening up trade leads to political reform and social reform... ALISON REYNOLDS The Tibetan people will not be satisfied until there is political change which will give them genuin... ALISON REYNOLDS The police have promised not to do that again and we will demonstrate at every point in this visit. ALISON REYNOLDS What we would like to see is Tony Blair making a public statement of concern over these issues. ALISON REYNOLDS I'm hearing these words about renewal of the ecumenical movement, but I'm looking for a tangible fra... ALISON PRESTON Tracy was frustrated at the start of the season. She wasn't scoring and the links were which wasn't ... 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We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should be none t... 
We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should be none t... 
As we are standing on a dazzling cliff, overwhelmed by a blizzard of unanswered questions, the alarm... 
We all say we want our kids to be happy, only happy, and healthy, but we don't want that. We want th... 
The terms we use for what is considered supernatural are woefully inadequate. Beyond such terms as g... 
Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. 
The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it... 
If you have tried to do something and failed, you are vastly better off than if you had tried to do ... 
Be encouraged. Hold your head up high and know God is in control and has a plan for you. Instead of ... 
Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China."
The words you can’t find, you borrow.
It is difficult to live in and enjoy the moment when you are thinking about the past or worrying abo... 
My life will be what I make it," he told her. "That is true for all of us all the time. We cannot kn... 
Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. 
There is (as I now find) no remorse for time long past, even for what may have mortified us or made ... 
So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to... 
We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We ... 
I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... 
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ... 
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An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now. 
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For better or worse, our future will be determined in large part by our dreams and by the struggle t... 
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Cooking is the showy side of domesticity. 
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It is only the darkness in our own hearts that will defeat us, in the end. 
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