Amos Tversky Quotes
“Metaphors replace genuine uncertainty about the world with semantic ambiguity. A metaphor is a cover-up.”
Quotes to Explore
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Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.
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I was raised to treat my body as a temple, but even as a little girl, I had a major issue with self-esteem. I thought there was something wrong with the temple.
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Passive violence can be as simple as someone honking their horn at you for not turning fast enough when the light changes. And it can be highly complex, like when your co-worker undermines all of your work relationships by spreading rumors and lies about you. That's how passive violence rolls.
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You learn something when you don't play well, and I figure that helping people, it makes me very, very happy.
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My humble prayer is that all men everywhere may understand more fully the significance of the atonement of the Savior of all mankind, who has given us the plan of salvation which will lead us into eternal life, where God and Christ dwell.
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Every state that addresses climate change emboldens the others, just as shifting public attitudes embolden politicians and, arguably, the court system.
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I grew up here and my friends are here. There's nothing wrong with here.
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I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons.
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We have to make it clear to the multi-nationals that slavery is too high a price to pay for cheap goods
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This is a great moment, when you see, however distant, the goal of your wandering. The thing which has been living in your imagination suddenly become part of the tangible world. It matters not how many ranges, rivers or parching dusty ways may lie between you; it is yours now for ever.
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I think of death as some delightful journey that I shall take when all my tasks are done.
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Style is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward.
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In scientific thinking are always present elements of poetry. Science and music requires a thought homogeneous.
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I grew up in beautiful Carmel, California, and I have extremely sweet parents that always loved nature and animals. They instilled such an appreciation for beauty and kindness that it was inherent.
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Never stop taking risks. Just keep reaching.
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Writers sometimes write things for me and I like to see what they write because I want to see what their take on my delivery is or what they think that I can do with something. So I kind of leave that to them.
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My parents didn't have a lot of money, but we never knew that. They really did the best they could.
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“Metaphors replace genuine uncertainty about the world with semantic ambiguity. A metaphor is a cover-up.”
