Andrew J. Bernstein Quotes

You might think that shifting your thoughts is as easy as setting your mind to it. But stressful thoughts aren't held in place through choice or will power. They're held in place through perceived truth value.

Andrew J. Bernstein

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I believe I can solve others' problems. It's great when it works, but for the most part, it's very unappealing.

Ann Patchett

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My last vivid boyhood fright from books came when I was 15; I was visiting my uncle and aunt in Greenwich, and, emboldened by my success with 'The Waste Land,' I opened their copy of 'Ulysses.' The whiff of death off those remorseless, closely written pages overpowered me. So: back to soluble mysteries, and jokes that were not cosmic.

John Updike

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I was already studying physics, but Sputnik steered me toward space, cosmology, the Big Bang, and elementary particles.

Stanley Wojcicki

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God is whoever raised Jesus from the dead, having before raised Israel from Egypt. There is no God but this God.

Stanley Hauerwas

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Putting my words piece online was an important part of my plan to help women learn how to love themselves and have a better life.

Tracy McMillan

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The Champions League is the most important competition; it's fundamental to be involved in it.

David Silva

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I was a huge O. J. Simpson fan.

Courtney B. Vance

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When I first moved to New York, I had some colleagues who said I should be my straightest self - whatever that means - when I went into casting offices, but I didn't want to put on an act of what I thought was heterosexual. I just wanted to be myself, and I'm very grateful because I feel like I've been embraced for that.

Colman Domingo

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Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

Confucius

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If you want to come fight the good fight to make a difference for people and to try to get the government back on track, where we govern from the middle and not from the extremes, then understand that it's a lonely road, and you're going to have a hard time.

Pete Gallego

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Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that.

Sebastian Vettel

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I learned playing poker that you never count your winnings because that's when you start to lose.

Kenneth Langone

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