"As Harvard University psychologist Daniel Gilbert argues, 'You can't adapt to commuting, because it's entirely unpredictable. Driving in traffic is a different kind of hell every day.'"

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Source : Tom Vanderbilt (2008). “Traffic”, p.141, Vintage

Tom Vanderbilt

#Different Quotes #Arguing Quotes #Driving Quotes

“Failure is a great teacher, and I think when you make mistakes and you recover from them and you treat them as valuable learning experiences, then you've got something to share.”
“To be guilty of the sin of prayerlessness is to be guilty of the worst form of practical atheism. It is actually saying we can get along without His help while the evidence is very clear on every hand that we cannot. Could it be that the sin of prayerlessness steams from our unbelief that he is a living God who exercises direct influence on the affairs of men?”
“I was a stunt man for 35 years.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“God often works more by the life of the illiterate seeking the things that are God's, than by the ability of the learned seeking the things that are their own.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p.123, 1895.
“It feels good; my mind is going in all kind of directions. It feels good.”
“I'm against very wealthy Âpeople attempting to or influencing elections. But as long as it's doable I'm going to do it.”
“For me, success is when I'm making a contribution and fully engaging all of my talents. In terms of the key quality, it's being willing to continue to believe in yourself even when other people don't, and being able to fail and to come back.”

Source : Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com
“Sometimes when we see or hear of a need, there is nothing we can do to help. Sometimes the only thing we can do is pray. But never underestimate the power of the prayers of the righteous.”

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