Daniel Kahneman Quotes
Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do.
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The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.
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Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our tennis right now. I think tennis has been a sport where people play this insane schedule from 14 years old, so of course at 26, it's over. We've really paced ourselves.
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
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I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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I like being unconventional.
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I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
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I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other.
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A lot of people are crazy, cruel and negative. They got a little too much time on their hands to discuss everybody else. I have a limited amount of energy to blow in a day. I'd rather read something that I like or watch a program I enjoy or ride my damn motorcycle or throw back a couple of shots of tequila with my friends.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
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But the working I would always want to do.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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I think 'Dark Blue' came to me while I was doing a project in London. I read it, and the character immediately popped out at me.
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In Swat, there are two jobs a woman's going to do: a teacher or a doctor. If not, then become a housewife.
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What I learned is that there are indeed some stories that are too true to tell, too revealing for the general population to metabolize. And too challenging to your reporter colleagues, whose turf or toes you might have tread upon.
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She turned the key, never taking her eyes from him.
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I think the varied backgrounds in the beginning were a plus. It took a while for people to understand what they were trying to do and get started, but it did provide for a lot of new ideas.
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Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do.
