I have the embarrassing thing where often if you're watching a film, you kind of go through the emotions and the thought stages that your... →
Cate Blanchett
I'm not aware that I was consciously influenced by any director, though these things often happen unnoticed, submerged in the unconscious.
William Peter Blatty
I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom.
Brenda Blethyn
Smart people often talk trash about happiness and worse than trash about books on happiness, and they have been doing so for centuries - just as long... →
Amy Bloom
Empathy has some unfortunate features - it is parochial, narrow-minded, and innumerate. We're often at our best when we're smart enough not... →
Paul Bloom
Strong moral arguments exist for why we should often try to ignore stereotypes or override them. But we shouldn't assume they represent some... →
Too often, our concern for specific individuals today means neglecting crises that will harm countless people in the future.
In politics and in society, we can use our reason to rise above our parochial natures. Too bad that our elected officials don't choose to do so... →
Morality is often seen as an innovation, like agriculture and writing. From this perspective, babies are pint-sized psychopaths, self-interested... →
Most terrorists are people deeply concerned by what they see as social, political, or religious injustice and hypocrisy, and the immediate grounds... →
William Blum