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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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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The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean.
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There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.
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I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
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I want to know who my client is. I see her on Instagram, but it's another thing to get to chat with her.
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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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Tonight we send a message to our party that here in Illinois, there will be a new generation of Republican leaders and we will fight to provide a better tomorrow for future generations. We've made clear the status quo is no longer acceptable.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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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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I enjoyed listening to it, but I didn't think I could do it.
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Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
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Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.
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When your eyes go, and your legs go, and your fans go; then it's time for you to go too.
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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.
