Dan Ariely Quotes
The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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I am only a dog lover, and I have a nice fawn-colored one at home.
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I didn't think much about batting average when I was playing.
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I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand.
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Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.
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I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'
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Kids in a home with grandparents are healthier.
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I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
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If you have more money than your lifestyle, then you can either do something stupid or smart. That's not much of a choice. That's like saying, 'You are on the roof. you can either take the elevator, or you can jump.' That's not a choice.
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When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.
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The train's always full of football fans going up to see matches. Oh, they make sure I hear their points of view all right. They all want to have their say about their team, and make their opinions known.
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I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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As his talent expands, some of his stories become pointed social commentary; some are surprisingly effective religious tracts, disguised as science fiction. Others still are nostalgic vignettes, but under it all is still Bradbury, the poet of 20th-century neurosis.
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Christianity, Judaism and Islam all share a gospel, loosely, and it's important that we all realize that.
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It's true that I have always been very comfortable with numbers.
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Human nature is above all things lazy.
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The gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us.
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Act because you love to act.
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We, of our time, have played our part in the perseverance, and we have pledged ourselves to the dead generations who have preserved intact for us this glorious heritage, that we, too, will strive to be faithful to the end, and pass on this tradition unblemished.
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Kanye is the weirdest... He is the weirdest person I know other than me. I've told him that before.
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Good things happen when you meet strangers.
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The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail.
