Amos Tversky Quotes
“When you are a pessimist and the bad thing happens, you live it twice. Once when you worry about it, and the second time when it happens.”
Quotes to Explore
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If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
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They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office, this was it.
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Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
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I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.
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I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well.
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To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad.
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I would rather play Hamlet with no rehearsal than TV golf.
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Treat the Disease, Not the Symptom.
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Give a smile to everyone you meet (smile with your eyes) - and you’ll smile and receive smiles...
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Do you know that my personal crusade in life (in the philosophical sense) is not merely to fight collectivism, nor to fight altruism? These are only consequences, effects, not causes. I am out after the real cause, the real root of evil on earth - the irrational.
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White supremacy is not just a social arrangement: it is a race-based faith.
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Let me say that I've never thought to conduct because the conductor has to think to the music before the orchestra. And the orchestra comes later. For me, it's terrible.
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I listen to Morricone, the famed Italian film composer, while I'm working.
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I wanted to be on stage. That was kind of my plan as an actress in the beginning.
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Art is a critical component in a well-rounded education. Art is the level playing field - no matter how rich or poor, tall or short, pretty or ugly to the bone, if you can draw, you can find personal fulfillment and build self-confidence. Art is the highest achievement of mankind.
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I'm so boy-crazy. It's like I don't even know what's wrong with me. I love boys.
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Every single person who has ever walked down the street with a FEED bag has purchased it. I think that's really relevant because it means that you have got to make that choice to spend that money on that product.
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I'll pick up your hand and slowly blow your little mind 'Cause I made my mind up you're going to be mine.
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I don't think anyone would disagree with this: You are self-directed in daytime, and that's it. So come with it, and bring it on the first take.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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We will that all men know we blame not all the lords, nor all those that are about the king's person, nor all gentlemen nor yeomen, nor all men of law, nor all bishops, nor all priests, but all such as may be found guilty by just and true inquiry and by the law.
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He was a long, stripy policeman, who flowed out of his uniform at odd spots, as if Nature, setting out to make a constable, had had a good deal of material left over which she had not liked to throw away but hardly seemed able to fit into the general scheme.
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“When you are a pessimist and the bad thing happens, you live it twice. Once when you worry about it, and the second time when it happens.”
