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trying way corny
I had to try and find a way to express happiness without sounding corny. Daniel Johns
thinking people hardcore
There are a lot of wankers, and a lot of people who think they are really hardcore and cool but they're not.
thinking people dumb
People think it's funny when a dumb person can't do things the same way they can. Daniel Keyes
thinking mind vagrants
The mind is a vagrant thing.... Thinking is not analogous to a person working in a laboratory who invents something on company time. Daniel J. Boorstin
travel agency world
The traveler used to go about the world to encounter the natives. A function of travel agencies now is to prevent this encounter.
travel real believe
The modern American tourist now fills his experience with pseudo-events. He has come to expect both more strangeness and more familiarity than the world naturally offers. He has come to believe that he can have a lifetime of adventure in two weeks and all the thrills of risking his life without any real risk at all.
trying way lists
Establish a closing ritual. Know when to stop working. Try to end each work day the same way, too. Straighten up your desk. Back up your computer. Make a list of what you need to do tomorrow. Daniel Kahneman
truth people opinion
People assign much higher probability to the truth of their opinions than is warranted.
thinking feelings deliberate
Slow thinking has the feeling of something you do. It's deliberate.
thinking form
The most effortful forms of slow thinking are those that require you to think fast.
thinking experts
Most of the time, we think fast. And most of the time we're really expert at what we're doing, and most of the time, what we do is right.
thinking self feelings
Experienced happiness refers to your feelings, to how happy you are as you live your life. In contrast, the satisfaction of the remembering self refers to your feelings when you think about your life.
thinking issues age
Except for some effects that I attribute mostly to age, my intuitive thinking is just as prone to overconfidence, extreme predictions, and the planning fallacy as it was before I made a study of these issues.
tired somewhere-else people
You know, the standard state for people is 'mildly pleasant.' Negative emotions are quite rare, and extremely positive emotions are rare. But people are mildly pleased most of the time, they're mildly tired a lot of the time, and they wish they were somewhere else a substantial part of the time - but mostly they're mildly pleased.
thinking people personality
People are very good [at] thinking about agents. The mind is set really beautifully to think about agents. Agents have traits. Agents have behaviors. We understand agents. We form global impression of their personalities. We are really not very good at remembering sentences where the subject of the sentence is an abstract notion.
thinking would-be professors
It was always assumed I would be a professor. I grew up thinking it.
thinking people watches
Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do.
thinking people decision
Policy makers, like most people, normally feel that they already know all the psychology and all the sociology they are likely to need for their decisions. I don't think they are right, but that's the way it is.
thinking people
We deeply want to be led by people who know what they're doing and who don't have to think about it too much.
thinking important life-is
Nothing in life is quite as important as you think it is while you're thinking about it.
thinking optimism decision
One of the major biases in risky decision making is optimism. Optimism is a source of high-risk thinking.
thinking trends observation
It doesn't take many observations to think you've spotted a trend, and it's probably not a trend at all.
trying shapes decent
I try to stay in decent shape. D. J. Cotrona
thinking popularity contests
I think politics in general are just like a popularity contest but McCain is just... old. D. L. Hughley
talking suits saint
Can I ask you a question?" "I'd be disappointed if you didn't." "How many of those suits do you have? Do you like, send them to the laundry, or throw them out and put on a new one when it gets all gamey?" - Bobby talking to Saint Dane, RR D. J. MacHale
three mark seconds
Mark: When did you learn to drive? Courtney: About three seconds ago.
three murder three-times
Spader and I were nearly killed. Three times. We were also robbed and witnessed a gruesome murder. Happy birthday to me!
terrorist
I'm the terrorist, do what I say or I'll terrorize you.
thinking long may
I felt as if I learned a few things. I learned that it's sometimes okay to think like a weenie, so long as you don't act like one—at least not all the time. I learned that it's okay to be wrong, as long as you can admit it and are willing to listen to those who may know better.
tree grain weary-traveler
Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Czeslaw Milosz
thinking people waiting
I didn't want people to think I'm just in the movies, where you make money and wait around for 13 hours before you get to do 20 minutes of work. D. B. Sweeney
thinking people scripture
The notion of the enduring authority focuses on the fact that some people think that notions like authority of Scripture's is passé, while others say that the present configuration of the doctrine of inerrancy is a late addition. And to both we want to say, No we're talking about the enduring authority of Scripture, grounded first and foremost in its relevatory status, something given by God and utterly reliable. D. A. Carson
treasure sin horror
The more clearly we see sins horror, the more we shall treasure the cross.