"In anger, my hostility is directed toward another's action and can be extinguished by getting even - an action that reestablishes the equilibrium..."

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Source : Jon Elster (1999). “Alchemies of the Mind: Rationality and the Emotions”, p.65, Cambridge University Press

Jon Elster

#Science Quotes #Action Quotes #Mathematics Quotes

“Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives.”
“things cannot be expected to turn up of themselves. We must in a measure assist to turn them up”
“The woman who loves always smells good.”
“I sold my very first novel when I was 24 or 25 years old.”
“Studying is also important, but we must become humans first.”
“In that way, any world you create will become real. The reader makes it so. The reader becomes implicated in the creation of the world, complicit with the writer. It's the best sort of bond with audience that a writer can hope for, but it demands a great deal of trust on both sides.”

Source : Source: www.patheos.com
“Obama microtargeted his way to re-election by pitting Americans against each other in many instances. In order to confront the challenges the nation faces, he's really going to have to put his 2008 rhetoric about bringing people together into practice. Otherwise his legacy will only be that of a great campaigner whose promises fell short of accomplishment.”

Source : "WTF Did We Just Do, Romney Advisor Kevin Madden?". Interview with Marin Cogan, www.gq.com. November 9, 2012.
“When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.”

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