Elliot Aronson famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Self-justification, therefore, is not only about protecting high self-esteem; it's also about protecting low self-esteem if that is how a person sees himself.
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Human beings aren't rational animals; we're rationalizing animals who want to appear reasonable to ourselves.
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It is possible to achieve mastery of a problem or a skill without hurting another person or even without attempting to conquer.
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The American mind in particular has been trained to equate success with victory, to equate doing well with beating someone.
-- Elliot Aronson
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I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that.
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I'd lose weight if I was an actress and had to play a role where you're supposed to be 40 lbs lighter, but weight has nothing to do with my career. Even when I was signing a contract, most of the industry knew if anyone ever dared say lose weight to me, they wouldn't be working with me.
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I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes it's pure fear. I find it difficult to believe I'm going to be able to deliver.
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I like eating fine foods and drinking nice wine. Even if I had a really good figure, I don't think I'd get my t**s and ***** out for no one.
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Those who were high go down low, and those who've been low go up higher.
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Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
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The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
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The missiles come first, and the justifications come second.
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Oh! To not need cognitive justification for every single thing. Wouldn't that be a life?
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Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't.
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