Daniel Gilbert Quotes
No one likes to be criticized, of course, but if the things we successfully strive for do not make our future selves happy, or if the things we unsuccessfully avoid do, then it seems reasonable (if somewhat ungracious) for them to cast a disparaging glance backward and wonder what the hell we were thinking.
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If I had my way, I wouldn't be sharing my personal life online. I'm a private person. At home, I don't wander around shirtless, flexing my muscles. I roam around unshaven, with my hair disheveled. Unfortunately, people perceive you differently. It's okay; they're free to speculate.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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Ryan Gosling's, like, my crush, but I don't really pay attention to his personal style.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.
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And the invention of transformations of certain figures has become the most important in musical composition.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
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I came home after a year and although my profession was only hairdressing, I knew I could change it.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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One of my other nicknames was Thomas Edison, because I invented so many moves.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov -
I'm pretty cautious and not very athletic, so I've only had really dumb injuries, like sprained ankles and allergic reactions. I did have to go to the hospital after slicing my finger while trying to cut a Kaiser roll in half.
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I had some interesting costumes... the one that I remember right offhand is Zorro when I was a lot younger. I was a big time Zorro fan. My mom helped me make it, and I remember having a big issue with the fact that she wouldn't let me carry around a real metal sword; it just had to be plastic.
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Yet there are thousands of Indigenous people searching for family members.
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Chris Brown is brilliant. That cat is crazy brilliant, and I wish him the best.
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Our culture is bloodthirsty for stories about women in pain; we hunger for women to expose their traumas and to be rescued by the love of a good man.
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There's no greater source of happiness than giving yourself to other people.
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'All people are insane,' he said. 'They will do anything at any time, and God help anybody who looks for reasons.'
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We want to avoid creating this sort of inevitability that it's an all-or-nothing proposition that leads us down the path of a dead-end street. This package really does reflect, I believe, the more cautionary approach.
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No one likes to be criticized, of course, but if the things we successfully strive for do not make our future selves happy, or if the things we unsuccessfully avoid do, then it seems reasonable (if somewhat ungracious) for them to cast a disparaging glance backward and wonder what the hell we were thinking.
