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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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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I remember all the way back in high school thinking about writing books. And, in fact, I've written a lot of stories. I've got dozens of stories I've written that no one's ever seen.
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Clothes are not frippery. Properly done, they can be an art form.
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Let me just worry about me. I'm not worried about anyone else. If you're doing fine, great; if you're struggling, I hope things get better for you. But I've got to be worried about my career.
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My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that he never could be persuaded to keep slaves, for he pitied them so much: and a slave belonging to one of his brothers being once in his house, was treated by him with as much tenderness as his own children.
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I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
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It is true I'd rather get a hole in one than win an Academy Award.
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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.
