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 was afraid of small spaces and I was afraid of the tree outside my window, and I had all these phobias. I think many kids have those phobias, but I probably had more than most.
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It makes little sense to spend a month teaching decimal fractions to fourth-grade pupils when they can be taught in a week, and better understood and retained, by sixth-grade students. Child-centeredness does not mean lack of rigor or standards; it does mean finding the best match between curricula and children's developing interests and abilities.
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I think people are frightened of saying what they think, and I think that's a bad thing for society.
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These have always been my legs. I train harder than other guys, eat better, sleep better and wake up thinking about athletics. I think that's probably why I'm a bit of an exception.
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Why do people play the lottery, or why do people gamble, period? You know, it's with the hope of winning something more.
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When you look at the books about well-being, you see one word - it's happiness. People do not distinguish.
