Jonathan Haidt Quotes
Most of our social nature is like that of other primates - we're mostly out for ourselves.
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I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.
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The politics have always been difficult in medicine. There is some truth in the way medical practice is portrayed in TV dramas.
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You see, I don't draw from life at all, but I do look out of my window a lot.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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The unknown used to be really scary, just that fear of, 'What's next? What if I'm not prepared?' I just don't feel that way anymore. I feel like the best is yet to come.
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The thing about post-traumatic stress disorder, we know about one in five, about 20 percent of individuals that are exposed to a direct traumatic stress will develop this disorder.
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You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!
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Actors go inside the heads of other people and are not afraid of the complicated places you can find yourself.
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Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well.
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I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.
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Well, we don't take money from people and then show the product. It has to be a product that we like anyway, and that's true for all five of us, which is one of the really nice things about the way we make the show.
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Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.
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Do we fear terrorism so much that we throw out our Constitution, and are we unwilling and afraid to debate our Constitution?
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I don't really care how I am remembered as long as I bring happiness and joy to people.
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My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.
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The best fiction stays with you and changes you.
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Rich countries have 'kicked away the ladder' by forcing free-market, free-trade policies on poor countries. Already established countries do not want more competitors emerging through the nationalistic policies they themselves successfully used in the past.
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If you see me doing a new stand-up special, it probably means I've been out of work for a while.
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Die menschliche Vernunft hat hier, wie allerwärts in ihrem reinen Gebrauche, so lange es ihr an Kritik fehlt, vorher alle mögliche unrechte Wege versucht, ehe es ihr gelingt, den einzigen wahren zu treffen.
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Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may.
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I finally became a scuba diver at age 15 or so, and a couple of years after that, I attended a dive show that is held every year in Boston. It's the oldest one in the world and it's still going on - it's called the Sea Rovers.
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Most of our social nature is like that of other primates - we're mostly out for ourselves.
