Daniel Kahneman Quotes
There's a very good reason for why economics developed the way it did, and that is that in many situations, the assumption that people will exploit the opportunities available to them is very plausible, and it simplifies the analysis of how markets will behave.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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Experience is a legitimate issue when John McCain raises it about Obama, and it's also legitimate for us to raise it about Palin.
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I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
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I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I think every day we look at the mess of the chaos of the civil war in Iraq, I think every day people become more and more convinced that the war was a mistake. I think we have to learn from the mistakes of our past.
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I've been cutting my hair ever since college. I try to do that whenever it gets rough. I'm not too cheap to go the barber shop, but I mostly try to do that by myself. I try to keep my skills sharp.
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'Salaryitis' is when you become so accustomed to that salary that you no longer have the gumption to pull out of the rut and strike out on your own. It destroys the nerve of ambitious, imaginative men, and bowing to it has meant sure defeat for more people than any other sickness, mental or physical.
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I was writing a lot even as a kid.
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The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth.
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I was the ugly duckling until I reached puberty.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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There is nothing more exciting than having a life devoted to fundamental knowledge and to contributing to advance the borders of knowledge.
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If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.
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Acting has made me embrace my childhood. It's become some weird form of therapy. It's like I have a place where I can release all of these emotions. When I was playing Ira Hayes, I didn't have to think about the death of my parents directly. It's just there. I can blend it into Ira's character. I can use Ira's emotions as an outlet.
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We're not curing cancer, people. I wish we were, but we're not. It's entertainment.
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Our policy is very clear: whatever policy will suit the people, whatever policy will suit the circumstances, whatever policy will suit my state.
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The problem is essentially that of communications to an army in action. After a rapid advance communications become disorganized, and there is a temporary halting until they are again in working order.
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My forehead is sometimes too high, but bangs could correct this.
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I like to nap. I do like to sleep. Sometimes I sleep in between takes.
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There's a very good reason for why economics developed the way it did, and that is that in many situations, the assumption that people will exploit the opportunities available to them is very plausible, and it simplifies the analysis of how markets will behave.
