Peter Salovey famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I think in the coming decade we will see well-conducted research demonstrating that emotional skills and competencies predict positive outcomes at home with one's family, in school, and at work. The real challenge is to show that emotional intelligence matters over-and-above psychological constructs that have been measured for decades like personality and IQ. I believe that emotional intelligence holds this promise.
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We define emotional intelligence as the subset of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one's own and others' feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one's thinking and actions.
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People in good moods are better at inductive reasoning and creative problem solving.
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The most effective way to combat speech you don’t like is with speech.
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At Yale we don’t just want to make new things, we want to make things better.
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At Yale we don’t just want to make new things, we want to make things better.
-- Peter Salovey
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Subtle, funny and touching, with a striking downbeat authenticity. Director Craig Zobel is the real thing.
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I'd rather feel something for real than pretend it's not what it is.
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I don't really want to write fiction at all. I don't see why fiction is necessary when we have real life already confusing enough.
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Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
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I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, "What happened next?
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I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.
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I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.
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I was very unsure about what I wanted to do in high school.
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The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a scout troop from my school.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education
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