Martha Beck Quotes

My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think we know, we ignore or avoid evidence of anything that might change our mind.

Martha Beck

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 29, 1962

Topics

ChangeMindThinkIgnoreKnowBias

Globalization is not a monolithic force but an evolving set of consequences - some good, some bad and some unintended. It is the new reality.

John B. Larson

GoodRealityGlobalizationBadNew

Visibility doesn't always equal freedom.

Jenny Zhang

FreedomAlwaysEqualVisibility

Television has dried up for my generation, so it's plays and films.

Michael Gambon

GenerationTelevisionUpPlaysDried

I believe that agriculture land - productive agricultural land with water on site - will be valuable in the future.

Michael Burry

FutureWaterBelieveAgriculture

Writing for adults often means just increasing the swearing - but find an alternative to swearing and you've probably got a better line.

Steven Moffat

WritingBetterYouFindLineJust

I am convinced in my heart and in my mind that if the United States fails to stand with Israel, that is the end of the United States. We have to show that we are inextricably entwined, that as a nation we have been blessed because of our relationship with Israel, and if we reject Israel, then there is a curse that comes into play.

Michele Bachmann

RelationshipHeartI AmMindBlessed

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.

Michael Johnson

CompetitionControlYouAthleteRace

I feel very connected to New Jersey.

Jon Tenney

FeelNewConnectedJerseyI Feel

I enjoyed needling the press. If I didn't enjoy it, I wouldn't have done it. Writers have rarely played, so as a coach, you have antagonistic feelings about some guy writing up the story of the game who's never even attempted to play it.

Bobby Knight

WritingGameStoryEnjoyYouPlay

I'm not overly alarmist about it, but I do think there are some worrying signs, like the growing accumulation of wealth by a very small proportion of the population, plus elections in the US are much more dominated by money than anywhere else calling itself a democracy.

Peter Singer

MoneyDemocracySmallThinkWealth

I remember my first kisses with a lot of people, and they're rad experiences. And you don't have to really take it to that next level because that's what keeps it exciting.

Pete Wentz

PeopleRememberYouFirstNext Level

Have you seen a marathon race? Some runners will be leading right from the first - but after the halfway mark, it is the runners at the back who take over while the early leaders fade out.

Sharad Pawar

YouBackEarlyFadeMarathonWill

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