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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Turkey, a powerful and reliable ally of the U.S. through the Cold War, appears to be coming unmoored from Europe and the West and is becoming increasingly sectarian, autocratic, and nationalistic.
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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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The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
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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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Everything I learned I learned from the movies.
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My mantra is, I want to work with people that I like to hang out with, who are smart, where I can add value, that I think is an interesting space.
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Despots play their part in the works of thinkers. Fettered words are terrible words. The writer doubles and trebles the power of his writing when a ruler imposes silence on the people. Something emerges from that enforced silence, a mysterious fullness which filters through and becomes steely in the thought.
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I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
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I'm not one to think of burying my head in the sand - I've always been a positive person and still am now.
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Even the most analytical thinkers are predictably irrational; the really smart ones acknowledge and address their irrationalities.
