Philip Zimbardo Quotes
I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things?
Quotes to Explore
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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Let's help those in prison maintain positive connections with their community. If we truly want re-entry to be successful, and we do, people need to come back to a place that still feels like home.
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Power is the by-product of understanding.
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.
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We have the 2004 M1 here for reference, which is useful. It worked well here last year; we won the race and always did fast lap times so it will be interesting to compare it to the new bike and it will help us to understand which parts have improved.
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
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Insults are the business of the court.
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Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.
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I feel like fashion and music relate to each other in a lot of ways. I always had to be creative: I'm a very creative person. I always liked making stuff. Apart from music, I always liked making clothes. You're able to express yourself.
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For more than two centuries since winning our own freedom, we the people of the United States have repeatedly answered the call to lead the quest for freedom around the globe.
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My wife's income allowed me to do what I really loved. I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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Qualifying for the Olympics is probably harder than winning a medal at the Olympics.
Mandy Bujold -
I even agree with the new digital ways of filmmaking, where you don't even have physical film in the camera, but to be honest, I wouldn't want to use it.
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I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true.
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People have told us that accessing all of their Google stuff with one account makes life a whole lot easier. But we've also heard that it doesn't make sense for your Google+ profile to be your identity in all the other Google products you use.
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I don't envy anybody else's career because I feel they've earned where they're at and worked hard. I wouldn't mind Jack White's gig, though. He does it all!
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I have a Woody Allen Jewish attitude to life: that it's all going to be disastrous. That it hasn't all been that way is simply down to some random quirk of fate.
Antony Sher -
Theranos was a combination of fraud with hubris mixed with incompetence.
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I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things?
