Daniel Kahneman Quotes

When people evaluate their life, they compare themselves to a standard of what a successful life is, and it turns out that standard tends to be universal: People in Togo and Denmark have the same idea of what a good life is, and a lot of that has to do with money and material prosperity.

Daniel Kahneman

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LifeGoodMoneyPeopleGood Life

In a country with millions of people and cars going everywhere, the enemy is going to get a car bomb out there once in awhile.

Jim Mattis

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When I write in Italian - this is just the metaphor that came to me immediately, and I really think this is what it is - I feel like I'm writing with my left hand. Because of that weakness, there is this enormous freedom that comes with it.

Jhumpa Lahiri

FreedomMeWritingThinkWeakness

I always stay with my parents. When you come home, you gotta do that. It's weird to be like, 'Hey, I'm at a hotel. Drive 20 minutes to see me, and we'll have dinner.'

John Krasinski

HomeParentsMeDinnerDriveWeird

I work out like a maniac and I spray tan a lot. Genetics were kind, but I work very hard.

Anna Paquin

WorkKindGeneticsHardOutTan

If you work at a 10,000-person company, and you're using e-mail as the primary means of communication, then you probably have access to a couple hundredths of 1 percent of all the communications happening across the company. But if you use Slack, you might have access to 10 or 20 percent.

Stewart Butterfield

WorkCommunicationYouCompanyMeans

For some years, I've been very interested in the relationship between science and art.

Simon McBurney

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My writing process is such that a story will be in my head for awhile, and I'll start making notes on my computer. I create character sheets that include a character's past, fears, goals and ambitions.

Tracie Peterson

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The murder of Robert Krentz - whose family had been ranching in Arizona since 1907 - by illegal alien drug dealers was the final straw for many Arizonans. But there are dozens and dozens of other citizens of our state who had been murdered by illegal aliens. Currently 95 illegal aliens are in Maricopa County jail for murder.

Russell Pearce

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I've always been hard on myself, so I expect so much out of myself that that pressure can be inspiring at time.

Christian Pulisic

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What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning.

Chuck Grassley

LearningGoodSchoolChildWorld

Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.

Brendan Behan

SisterYouBlessMayYourSons

Because what I say from that podium has got to be accurate, and I'm the only one who's going to be held liable if it's not accurate.

Ari Fleischer

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