Dan Ariely Quotes
Even the most analytical thinkers are predictably irrational; the really smart ones acknowledge and address their irrationalities.
Quotes to Explore
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The devoted golfer is an anguished soul who has learned a lot about putting just as an avalanche victim has learned a lot about snow.
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Unless you're Gisele, you wake up some days and feel ugly. When that happens, I accept that I'm not perfect and it's OK; I can start over again tomorrow.
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Most people are really dedicated to doing good things.
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The actresses I've known support each other very much. If you have a level of confidence in what you're doing, then you don't feel threatened. We all have different things to offer.
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If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.
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I created something that became a phenomenon without becoming a prisoner to it.
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Eighty per cent of my output is 'Mallory clowns on the Western canon,' and I'm happy to be that person.
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Moisturizing every night is important. When you're 50 or 60, it's going to show if you don't take care of it. You have to prepare when you're young, so you still have that healthy, glowing skin when you're 60 or 70.
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I hate being asked how I met my husband and very personal questions like that. I don't like that. People are too nosey. Intelligent questions I like, but sometimes people ask such silly, dopey ones.
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I had one drama teacher who was amazing, Ms. Perkins. She really tried to inspire me and get me going.
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Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
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What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at some incredible places and we couldn't enjoy it, hadn't the time.
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When I was a baby feminist, leading feminist thinkers were insisting that if women ran the world, there would be no sadism or war.
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The Melvins are grunge.
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The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.
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There is no better way to bring people together than with desserts.
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American music culture is black culture.
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Since my illness, I've felt the presence of my angels.
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I'm always gonna have the darker edgy music; it is always in my pocket because it comes so naturally to me.
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Steve Jobs would have wanted his words to change not just technology but politics itself.
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I realize that it's like spices in the kitchen. I need that turmeric. I'm sorry, but cinnamon isn't going to substitute . I feel that I can teach my listener about a new word they can use too. "Well, what words are part of my own community, even if I'm monolingual, that I'm not allowing myself to use in a public sphere?"
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There are so many things calling you toward that computer or TV. You forget, we're a family. We're all supposed to spend time together and talk.
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This notion that I was somehow special and deserving of a more involved education was wrong.I was smart at taking tests, but I knew how smart some of my friends were; they were just smart in different ways.
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Even the most analytical thinkers are predictably irrational; the really smart ones acknowledge and address their irrationalities.
