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Historically, absolute IQ scores have risen substantially as we've changed our environment so that more people go to school longer.


Alison Gopnik

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ALISON SWEENEY I always cringe when people tell me they don't eat breakfast, as though that's a good thing....
ALISON SWEENEY Sunscreen is my number 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 tip. I'm a fanatic, partially because I live in L.A. an...
ALISON SWEENEY One of the things I like best about 'Biggest Loser' is being around people who are trying to...
ALISON SWEENEY My husband and I have known each other since kindergarten. I had a crush on him in school, but we ne...
ALISON SWEENEY Because Bin Laden's culture doesn't permit the worship of images, they understand how powerf...
ALISON JACKSON I do a lot of cardio. I think it's super important, especially for women. I don't have a tre...
ALISON SWEENEY I'm not satirical in a traditional way. What I do is more about creating caricatures and cartoon...
ALISON JACKSON Honestly, my favorite kind of dancing is just lettin' loose. There's something great about t...
ALISON BRIE I found power in accepting the truth of who I am. It may not be a truth that others can accept, but ...
ALISON GOODMAN I just want to act. I just want to do the work.
ALISON LOHMAN I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous.
ALISON LOHMAN I don't know... I don't want people to know everything about me.
ALISON LOHMAN I did musicals from about age 10 to 18.
ALISON LOHMAN For Astrid, no matter what challenges they go through, they are going to face each other. It's hard ...
ALISON LOHMAN But, you know, it really depends on the character. Age doesn't really matter.
ALISON LOHMAN But you're not necessarily ever going to be handed a script where you can say: it's all done and per...
ALISON LOHMAN The competition was Coke vs. Pepsi 10 years ago. Our business has evolved over the past 10 years, an...
ALISON LEWIS