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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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People said I couldn't gig, and I proved them wrong.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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Fear can make all of us do the wrong things sometimes.
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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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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think and feel.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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You know, what if everybody's wrong in life? And so you have to live your life yourself.
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I think for me one of the big things was realizing that being Boy George is my job. It's what I do.
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I'm excited about how books work in a digital age. When you read a book, unlike a film, you are decoding symbols in order to 'see' the story, so it is collaborative in a way that a film can never be.
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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.
