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“You have to change your thinking if you desire to have a future different from your present.”
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“A compelling narrative fosters an illusion of inevitability.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do. My Princeton colleague Danny Oppenheimer refuted a myth prevalent among undergraduates about the vocabulary that professors find most impressive. In an article titled "Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly," he showed that couching familiar ideas in pretentious language is taken as a sign of poor intelligence and low credibility.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“A divorce is like a symphony with a screeching sound at the end—the fact that it ended badly does not mean it was all bad.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“when people believe a conclusion is true, they are also very likely to believe arguments that appear to support it, even when these arguments are unsound.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
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