I actually think the same things do make most people happy. The differences are extremely small, and around the margins. You like peach ice cream; I like strawberry ice cream. Both of us like ice cream much better than a smack on the head with two-by-four.
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Related You can pour melted ice cream on regular ice cream. It's like a sauce! CHRIS PRATT I like Kahlua and ice cream as a dessert. HAMILTON JORDAN Everybody likes ice cream. People like different flavors. GIL BRANDT They think that I make all the ice cream. BRAD CUTHBERT if you don't like ice-cream, you shouldn't like yourself.. either. CADIR LAMPE I eat ice cream. It's better than booze. DEL SHANNON It's just a matter of personal preference. Some people like strawberry ice cream and some people lik... CLARK KELLOGG I love to eat - Kit Kats or cookies-and-cream ice cream. I need sugar like five times a day. KIM KARDASHIAN I like playing make-believe. And my brothers do it with me, so it's fun. It's almost better ... MADYLIN SWEETEN I don't drink liquor, but I do like chocolate ice cream soda. ANNE MEARA Books are like ice cream; there is a flavor for everyone! K. LAMB Summer without ice cream is like winter without a fireplace. 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Port... ALEX GUARNASCHELLI Scoops of mint ice cream with chips of chocolate cows. JIM BISHOP I spent my summers in Connecticut scooping ice cream and babysitting. GRACE GUMMER If I could be any flavor of ice cream, I would be spinach so no one would eat me. JOSH HUFFORD [I]t was the color of someone buying you an ice cream cone for no reason at all. LEMONY SNICKET They go swimming, canoeing, horseback riding, they make ice cream. CAROLYN ADAMS Now just the thought of eating ice cream puts pounds on me. DAVID NAIL If there is shit all around me, how can I eat my ice cream? S. BALARAM Yeah, we did it (the chant). Ice cream is kind of an inside joke for our team. But this was not a da... COLLEEN BIEBEL I worked at an ice cream parlor called Chadwicks. We wore old-timey outfits and had to bang a drum, ... AMY POEHLER Do you think they have ice cream here?” Lanie asked. Kyle cocked his eyebrow, obviously... M.K. SCHILLER This is the best ice cream I've ever tasted. OPRAH WINFREY "Are you trying to kill me?" Upon being offered ice cream. HUGH PIERCE The only things you can truly love after such a short time are ice cream flavors and comfortable sho... JANETTE RALLISON This is not ice cream. These are powerful products. BILLY TAUZIN I am for the art of underwear and the art of taxicabs. I am for the art of ice cream cones dropped o... CLAES OLDENBURG Women eat ice-cream, men toast marshmallows. DIANNA HARDY Ask about our daily ice cream special. RICHELLE MEAD Fuck me", Bat gasped, "It’s like an angel shat ice cream coffee rainbows in my mouth. WARREN ELLIS There's an ice cream place in Vancouver that has 200 flavors, if you can believe that. But the peopl... BARRY SCHWARTZ Serving ice cream isn't exactly like serving in state government, but what I learned guides me t... DOUG DUCEY You can buy ice cream for two cans and hamburger and chips for six cans. ALAN REED I usually take the first batch of some ice cream, eat it, and then about an hour later, at halftime ... ERIC WEDDLE Everything was chocolate ice cream and kisses and wind. FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure w... HEYWOOD BROUN I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure w... HEYWOOD C. BROUN I went to Disney World for the first time, and I got an ice cream cone. The kid at the booth recogni... BARBARA ROSENBLAT Sometimes I do give in to a scoop of sitaphal ice cream from Naturals or a chocolate chip cookie. TWINKLE KHANNA Brian orders us both Grandpa's Turtle Sundaes, a classic with vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, caramel ... STACEY BALLIS Wow. Pioneers with ice-cream." Joshua felt motivated to defend his home. "Well, it doesn't h... STEPHEN BAXTER Ben & Jerry's is an indulgent dessert that should be eaten in moderation. You should not be ... JERRY GREENFIELD I love eating chocolate cake and ice cream after a show. I almost justify it in my mind as, 'You... STEVEN WRIGHT We now have an ice cream parlor with old-fashioned sodas. NAVARRETE ASHFORD I eat anything, especially sweets. Chocolate, cookies, and I love mint-chip ice cream. MARY MCCORMACK I go running when I have to. When the ice cream truck is doing sixty. WENDY LIEBMAN Worldly things were of little meaning. She lived for hamburgers, ice cream, pencil and paper. CAROL ADAMS If we can have only one patient feeling better, I will be happy. I want to see one kid who is going ... DR. MASSIMO TRUCCO Love ice cream. I let myself have that about once a week. Vanilla. TIM TEBOW Oh ... My twitchy witchy girl I think you are so nice, I give you bowls of porridge And I give you b... NEIL GAIMAN Being married means I can [break wind] and eat ice cream in bed. BRAD PITT Love is an ice cream sundae, with all the marvelous coverings. Sex is the cherry on top. JIMMY DEAN Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal. VOLTAIRE I'm always wearing Spanx, eating ice cream and feeling a bit lonely. SHERIDAN SMITH Youre gonna grow up and marry some ice cream! Haha! JEFF KINNEY I ate apple pie and ice cream—it was getting better as I got deeper into Iowa, the pie bigger, the... JACK KEROUAC
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AUBREY GILBERT Participants responded more quickly when the color of the odd-man-out had a different name than the ... AUBREY GILBERT Critically, the color of this odd-man-out had either the same name as the other squares-for example,... AUBREY GILBERT When this secondary task was of a linguistic nature, the differences in response times for stimuli i... AUBREY GILBERT We were thrilled to find this sort of effect and are very interested in investigating it further. Th... AUBREY GILBERT So, it makes sense that perception might be more influenced by language in the right half of the vis... AUBREY GILBERT The findings of our research are pretty tripped out-the idea that one's perception, or at least one'... AUBREY GILBERT Creativity is a crushing chore and a glorious mystery. The work wants to be made, and it wants to be... ELIZABETH GILBERT