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You may hate Hillary Clinton ...

You may hate Hillary Clinton and you may have good reason for hating Hillary Clinton, but Hillary Clinton is one person who even if she's elected will be gone one day and you still have the task of keeping American democracy going.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

It's just strange to think th...

It's just strange to think that so much of our enjoyment from sports comes from the elevation of arbitrary differences.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

For every romantic possiblity...

For every romantic possiblity, no matter how robust, there exists at least one equal and opposite sentence, phrase, or word capable of extinguishing it.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

The difference between a crim...

The difference between a crime of evil and a crime of illness is the difference between a sin and a symptom.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

The great accomplishment of Jo...

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

Without the New York Times, th...

Without the New York Times, there is no blog community. They'd have nothing to blog about.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

The sense of possibility so ne...

The sense of possibility so necessary for success comes not just from inside us or from our parents. It comes from our time: from the particular opportunities that our place in history presents us with.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

What a gifted child is, in man...

What a gifted child is, in many ways, is a gifted learner. And what a gifted adult is, is a gifted doer. And those are quite separate domains of achievement.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

The particular skill that allo...

The particular skill that allows you to talk your way out of a murder rap, or convince your professor to move you from the morning to the afternoon section, is what the psychologist Robert Sternberg calls 'practical intelligence.' To Sternberg, practical intelligence includes things like 'knowing what to say to whom, knowing when to say it, and knowing how to say it for for maximum effect.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

Giants are not what we think t...

Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

The trick to finding ideas is ...

The trick to finding ideas is to convince yourself that everyone and everything has a story.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

Innovation-the heart of the kn...

Innovation-the heart of the knowledge economy-is fundamentally social.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

The great accomplishment of Jo...

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

The visionary starts with a cl...

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

We don't know where our first ...

We don't know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don't always appreciate their fragility.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

What do we tell our children? ...

What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

There will be statues of Bill ...

There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

The act of facing overwhelming...

The act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

[Norden] said, with the Mark 1...

[Norden] said, with the Mark 15 Norden bombsight, he could drop a bomb into a pickle barrel at 20,000 feet.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

The issue isn't the accuracy o...

The issue isn't the accuracy of the bombs you have, it's how you use the bombs you have - and more importantly, whether you ought to use bombs at all.

Malcolm Gladwell 316 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....