Daniel Kahneman Quotes
There is a deep gap between our thinking about statistics and our thinking about individual cases.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.
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I wanted a bronzer so I could look like I just came from Ibiza everyday.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.
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Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron.
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Part of my problem as a young writer was that I was too much a New Yorker, always second-guessing the 'market.' I became so discouraged that I decided to write something that would please me alone - that became my sole criterion. And that was when I wrote 'Forgetting Elena,' the first novel I got published.
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There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true.
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What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound than even the sweeping post-World War II changes in production technology.
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My idea for 'BoneMan's Daughters' came from the loss of my own daughter when she left home to live with a monster at age 18. I wanted to throttle the man, but she was in love, so all I could do was hope, pray and cry.
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I've never yet managed to write a novel which didn't have an Indian central character.
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If you want to go east, don't go west.
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I was doing everything I could think of to protect my husband and keep him alive.
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Americans must outgrow the unbecoming arrogance that leads us to assert that America somehow owns a monopoly on goodness and truth - a belief that leads some to view the world as but a stage on which to play out the great historical drama: the United States of America versus the Powers of Evil.
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I hate losing and cricket being my first love, once I enter the ground it's a different zone altogether and that hunger for winning is always there.
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I think, more than anything else, my dog's death has made me grow up. I find myself thinking about the world in a more serious way.
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I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt that violence was no remedy for India's ills, and that her civilisation required the use of a different and higher weapon for self-protection.
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I don't sense an [Barack] Obama party. I think politics is transactional for him.
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Great discoveries are made accidentally less often than the populace likes to think. Commenting on how an accident led to the discovery of X-rays.
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To this day, just always treat people the way you want to be treated. Whether it's family or friends or co-workers, I think it's the most important thing. Whether you have success or don't have it, whether you're a good person is all that matters.
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If you are a woman living, you've been done wrong by a man.
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There is a deep gap between our thinking about statistics and our thinking about individual cases.
