Daniel Kahneman Quotes
When you look at the books about well-being, you see one word - it's happiness. People do not distinguish.
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I was perhaps about 10 years old when a local farmer rang us up to say he had found a young badger and would we take it in. So we did; it was a female called Bessy and she lived in the boiler room. She was extremely intelligent, had a very low opinion of cats but loved the dogs. She was pretty well trained; she went in the car.
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Everyone romanticizes somebody.
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For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general.
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When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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I've personally never had the chance to go to Lambeau Field.
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I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.
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As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.
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Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
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I love to see a woman in a sexy, strappy sandal no matter what. It just looks beautiful.
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When I first met my wife, I really just settled down quite a bit and I started living a much cleaner lifestyle. I was able to concentrate on things that I neglected in the past a little more and I was spending a lot more time at home than I normally would.
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I'm much more optimistic about this next generation because this is the first global generation.
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There's a lot of garbage, and then there are those ones that just stand out so incredibly. You fight for those roles; you do everything in your power to get it.
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Everyone is just nicer to prettier people.
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My favorite prayer is Footprints in the Sand. You know that prayer? I know the times that he carried me, you know? I kind of wore him out.
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My given name was Zahra, which is the 'flower of the desert.' I don't look anything like the flower of the desert. My name was changed by my grandfather to Iman, which means 'have faith.' And it meant to have faith that a daughter would come.
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I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.
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When Castro was put on trial in 1953 by Batista's government and asked who was intellectually responsible for his first attempt at insurrection, he dropped the name of the poet Jose Marti.
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Jobs are what give people a sense of fulfillment and self-reliance.
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People never know what's going on while it's happening. You think, during the Renaissance, people called it 'The Renaissance'?
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Footballers are slaves. I know this from the personal experience of being a footballer.
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When you look at the books about well-being, you see one word - it's happiness. People do not distinguish.
