Carol Tavris Quotes
Most people, when directly confronted by evidence that they are wrong, do not change their point of view or course of action but justify it even more tenaciously. Even irrefutable evidence is rarely enough to pierce the mental armor of self-justification.

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But I'm the sort of person who, if certain structures topple, it could all go horribly wrong.
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I'm either enjoying myself or I'm not. And if I'm not enjoying myself, something's gone terribly wrong.
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Extraordinary allegations require extraordinary evidence.
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Five wives can't all be wrong.
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I wear my Viking helmet because the horns define how sharp my brains are. If you try to rub me the wrong way, I will stick you with both of my horns.
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Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
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Our spirit is not dependent on the brain or body. It is eternal, and no one has one sentence worth of hard evidence that it isn't.
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I've walked away in the middle of a conversation and had no idea that was wrong until someone told me I was being rude.
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I have no evidence of any relationship between IRS and NSA.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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I'll get in the face of anyone I think is wrong.
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The same evidence that is convincing to one person may not convince another.
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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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I hate being wrong, but I love it when I'm set straight.
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Mmm, I love Yoda. I didn't like Jar Jar Binks though, he was all wrong.
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I defy anyone to produce any evidence that the word 'happy' has ever crossed my lips. I am not now, nor have I ever been, 'happy.'
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There are more ways of skinning a cat than rubbing its fur the wrong way.
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I've experienced wrong diagnoses and been given antibiotics for things that could be cured naturally. We may not think much of it, but it destroys our immunity.
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I hereby arm myself for today with coffee and the willingness to be wrong.
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Monsters don't scare me at all; I think creepy is scarier than gore. I tend to read more thrillers and mysteries than horror, though. I like a good whodunnit. If I want scary, I tend to reach for a movie. I think it's a great medium for horror.
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It sure looks good to see an honest-to-goodness audience after looking at you all for so long from the silver screen...
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A picture's worth a thousand words? A library card's worth millions.
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Most people, when directly confronted by evidence that they are wrong, do not change their point of view or course of action but justify it even more tenaciously. Even irrefutable evidence is rarely enough to pierce the mental armor of self-justification.