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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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 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 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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It is often suggested that the A.N.C. is controlled by the Communist Party, by Communists. Well, I have been long enough in the A.N.C. to know that that has never been true.
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I'm Bam Margera. And I feel like kicking my dad's butt all day today.
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The totem pole, for example, is a remnant from an era where there was much greater communication between man and the animals - when, in fact, men went to the animals to learn, and from them first acquired knowledge of herbs and corrective medicinal behavior.
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If I had to give up performing, it wouldn't bother me too much. But I couldn't live without my writing. I put all my feelings, my very soul, into my writing. I tell the world in my songs things I wouldn't even tell my husband.
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I grew up at a time in Singapore - the '70s and '80s - where it was still possible to go riding around the island barefoot. And I was one of these kids that was just climbing trees and running around the neighbourhood.
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A lot of the time, when people meet someone in a wheelchair, or with some disability, it's the first thing they notice, but they don't know how to react.
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I don't laugh at people any more when they say they've seen UFOs. I've seen one myself!
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Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do.
