Jonathan Haidt Quotes

We humans are really good at forming groups to compete, and then dissolving the groups and reforming them along different lines to compete in a different way.

Jonathan Haidt

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GoodWayCompeteAlongDifferent

If you've been on top of the food chain in the Armed Forces, that's who you are. You're used to dealing with your life in a particular way.

Joe Morton

LifeFoodYouWayTopUsed

My songs are just little letters to me.

Ani DiFranco

MeLettersLittleJustSongs

I respect newspapers, but the reality is that magazine 'photojournalism' is finished. They want illustrations, Photoshopped pictures of movie stars.

Mary Ellen Mark

StarsRespectRealityPicturesWant

It's always nice to be thought of.

Martina McBride

ThoughtNiceAlways

I regard Jesus, like the Buddha, as a figure with the power to shape our lives.

Jay Parini

PowerShapeLikeOurJesusFigure

I make a huge batch of cinnamon buns on Christmas Eve and bake them off early Christmas morning.

Christina Tosi

MorningEarlyChristmasOffMake

I knew that people were going to talk about it, I knew it was embarrassing, and I knew it was a big deal. But did I think that it was going to be this thing that followed me for, you know, the next years to come? I guarantee you, 25 years from now, I'll be known as the girl that lip synced on 'SNL.' But, you know, it was a weird thing. Not fun.

Ashlee Simpson

GirlFunPeopleMeThinkWeird

I didn't want to be president of the World Wildlife Fund. I was asked to do it. I'd much rather have stayed in the navy, frankly.

Prince Philip

WorldWantNavyPresidentWildlife

When I grow up, I want to have an exhibit called 'American Motel.'

Morley Safer

GrowAmericanWantGrow UpUpMotel

I'm the kind of person, if I don't like you, unfortunately you know that.

Lili Reinhart

YouPersonKnowKindLike

I wanted very much to do Traffic and at one point it looked like I was going to work on it. And then, of course, Catherine Zeta-Jones had her relationship with Michael Douglas and it suddenly didn't happen.

Kevin Costner

WorkRelationshipTrafficHappenHer

I was born an optimist, as I always say. If I wake up in the morning with a pain in my chest, I'll always assume it's indigestion. It will probably be the end of me! But it's true - that's the kind of person I am.

Terry Wogan

MorningPainI AmMeWake UpEnd

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