Elliot Aronson Quotes
The American mind in particular has been trained to equate success with victory, to equate doing well with beating someone.
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I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.
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The people of the State of Texas consist principally of men, women, and children, with a sprinkling of cowboys. The weather is very good, thermometer rarely rising above 2,500 degrees in the shade and hardly ever below 212.
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It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction.
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My life is so full of sacrifices.
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In a novel, if you're any good, you don't just have good people or bad people. You have complicated people. You have real people.
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Preying on the grievances of disaffected young men is the bedrock of Islamism.
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Everyday, all day I have to be productive. And when I ain't productive, I get concerned.
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One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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I think we have much more to say about what happens to us than most people believe.
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One thing I do understand is that people get scared when I start thinking out loud.
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Devious, underachieving, school-hating, irreverent, and clever.
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I never for a moment considered not doing the show. When I did the show I became very emotional. Some of the lyrics suddenly took on an entirely different meaning. Words like, 'as if we never said goodbye' became more real.
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Every year the progress of advanced capitalist society makes our population consist of more and more isolates. This is because of the infrastructure of the economy, especially electronic communications.
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I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades.
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In the bad old days, captains were not good leaders. They didn't build teams; they were arrogant and autocratic.
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I love 'True Blood!'
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Studios never put pressure. They know the kind of films I want to make.
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In their search for quality, people seem to be looking for permanency in a time of change.
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We have our little restaurants, and there's a beautiful beach that we go to in the summer and fall. We tend to have a lot of get-togethers, and if it's at my house, we order pizza because I can't cook.
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Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life.
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Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.
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Successful people in real estate are nicest people you can know.
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The American mind in particular has been trained to equate success with victory, to equate doing well with beating someone.
