"In short, we derive support for our preferred conclusions by listening to the words that we put in the mouths of people who have already been preselected for their willingness to say what we want to hear."

-- Daniel Gilbert

#People Quotes #Support Quotes #Listening Quotes

“I have never been part of a scene. I've always been a bit of an island really, but I am fine with that.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“It was in 1942 and I flew from St. Louis to Mexico City. I had just gotten married and we were on our honeymoon. I hit .397 and led the Mexican League with 20 home runs and was named the MVP of the league. It's when I realized I could compete with anyone at any level.”
“My soul seemed as foul as smoke from burning cat fur.”
“Robert Louis Stevenson, one evening, stood transfixed at his nursery window watching the lamplighter in the street. When his nanny asked the boy what he was doing he replied: 'I'm watching the man knocking holes in the darkness.' We live in a universe made dark by sin. Let's knock holes in the darkness.”
“Nine Inch Nails was an experiment with me in discipline. I realized when I was 23 that I had never really tried anything. Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting. I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100 percent, because I had never reached true failure.”
“Alle Befriedigung, oder was man gemeinhin GluÂ«Â ck nennt, ist eigentlich und wesentlich immer nur negativ und durchaus nie positiv. All satisfaction, or what iscommonlycalled happiness, is really and essentially always negative only, and never positive.”
“Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.”
“I belong to the public. The public made me. The public can break me. I owe them my life.”

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