Dan Ariely Quotes
I always found the appeal to the market gods a bit odd. Why would the market fix mistakes instead of aggravating them?
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God's not thinking about your mistakes, failures or shortcomings. No, His thoughts toward you are good.
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I always have issues with trust.
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One always wonders about roads not taken.
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Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.
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I have always looked at my competencies before accepting any responsibility.
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I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.
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I have always believed that what goes around comes around.
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I've always liked acoustic blues. I liked Bob Dylan a lot.
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I think it's very hard to find a good friend. That's why I'm so lucky to have two sisters, because they're my best friends, and they have to be with me forever. They're stuck with me.
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Life is challenging but I'm always up for a challenge.
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The unknown is always frightening.
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The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's political fortunes are steadily being resurrected from the grave.
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I guess I'm kind of used to it because it's always been that way for me.
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I always imagined that magically, at some point, I would settle into this very easy and refined sophistication, but it turns out that who you are at eleven is pretty much who you are at 27, so I don't know how much I've learned over the years.
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I like to come into my workspace and feel it's a living environment and not frozen, which is why I often change or add to the pictures on the wall.
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The soul, when accustomed to superfluous things, acquires a strong habit of desiring things which are neither necessary for the preservation of the individual nor for that of the species. This desire is without limit, whilst those which are necessary are few in number and restricted within certain limits; but what is superfluous is without end...
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Tension is the cornerstone of any good story.
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In 'Self Comes to Mind' I pay a lot of attention to simple creatures without brains or minds, because those 'cartooned abstractions of who we are' operate on precisely the same principles that we do.
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The money matters. And secret money is corrupting, secret money is dangerous, secret money leads to scandal.
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I always found the appeal to the market gods a bit odd. Why would the market fix mistakes instead of aggravating them?
