"The average daydream is about fourteen seconds long and we have about two thousand of them per day. In other words, we spend about half of our waking hours - one-third of our lives on earth - spinning fantasies."

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Source : Jonathan Gottschall (2012). “The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human”, p.11, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Jonathan Gottschall

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“We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can.”
“If you look at me as a role model, I agree with it. If you look at me as an idol, I don't because an idol for me is someone that you want to replicate. You want to be them and I don't wish that on anyone to lose what they have personally, because that's when your spark is lost.”
“Real music is what I consider to be uncorporatized music, the music that just happens. I feel like that's not a very well-known thing.”

Source : "Missed Opportunities". Pitchfork Interview, pitchfork.com.
“In every woman's wardrobe, there are certain accessories that cannot be separated from their back stories.”
“A little mystery is not such a bad thing.”

Source : Kyra Davis (2012). “Lust, Loathing and a Little Lip Gloss”, p.392, Harlequin
“When I feel like my body is exhausted, I focus on making my fifth Olympic team so I can push through it.”
“Nothing is part of everything.”
“I think that notion of leadership is bankrupt.”

Source : "Lessons In Leadership: It's Not About You. (It's About Them)". "Morning Edition" with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. November 11, 2013.

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