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understanding the true nature of instinctive decision making requires us to be forgiving of those people trapped in circumstances where good judgment is imperiled. Malcolm Gladwell
Michel de Montaigne quote: "Why do people respect the package rather than the man?"
Why do people respect the package rather than the man? Michel de Montaigne
I don’t stop when I’m tired. I only stop when I’m done ... I’m the type of person that tries to fall back asleep in the morning just to finish a dream... “I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together. Marilyn Monroe
Ayn Rand quote: "It was useless to argue, she thought, and to wonder about..."
It was useless to argue, she thought, and to wonder about people who would neither refute an argument nor accept it. Ayn Rand
Athletes, he believed, were simple, straightforward people, cruel and brutal if you like, but never petty. They knocked you down and hurt you, and then went on their way rejoicing. E. M. Forster
You know what it's like when two people start a conversation. First one of them does all the talking, the other breaks in with "That's just like me, I... " and goes on himself until his partner finds a chance to say, "That's just like me, I... "The "That's just like me, I... 's" may look like a form of agreement, a way of carrying the other party's idea a step further, but that is an illusion... Milan Kundera
Raymond Chandler quote: "Most people go through life using up half their energy trying..."
Most people go through life using up half their energy trying to protect a dignity they never had Raymond Chandler
Napoleon Bonaparte quote: "The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade..."
The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment. Napoleon Bonaparte
Haruki Murakami quote: "Most people, he muses, they're trying to escape from boredom,..."
Most people, he muses, they're trying to escape from boredom, but I'm trying to get into the thick of boredom. Haruki Murakami
Planners, architects of city design, and those they have led along with them in their beliefs are not consciously disdainful of the importance of knowing how things work. On the contrary, they have gone to great pains to learn what saints ans sages of modern orthodox planning have said about how cities ought to work and what ought to be good for people and business in them. They take this with such devotion that when contradictory reality intrudes, threatening tho shatter their dearly won... Jane Jacobs
As opposed to this, we National Socialists must hold unflinchingly to our aim in foreign policy, namely, to secure for the German people the land and soil to which they are entitled on this earth. And this action is the only one which, before God and our German posterity, would make any sacrifice of blood seem justified. Adolf Hitler
Whenever A is oppressing B, it is clear to people of good will that B ought to be independent, but then it always turns out that there is another group C, which is anxious to be independent of B. The question is how large must a minority be before it deserves autonomy. George Orwell
The people in the city seem paper thin in the mist. They believe they are dancing to the music of their lives... But I think, like the puppets, each of us is pulled upon invisible strings, until the night comes and we are put away. I shiver, and hurry from the square, as the darkness of the city closes over me like canal water or the grave. Neil Gaiman
I am resolutely opposed to all innovation, all change, but I am determined to understand what’s happening. Because I don’t choose just to sit and let the juggernaut roll over me. Many people seem to think that if you talk about something recent, you’re in favor of it. The exact opposite is true in my case. Anything I talk about is almost certainly something I’m resolutely against. And it seems to me the best way to oppose it is to understand it. And then you know where to turn off the buttons. Marshall McLuhan
It was apparent...that, all over America, thousands of people threw down a book or got up from a television show and said, 'I can write better than that!' It was amazing how many of them were wrong. Donald E. Westlake

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