"The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence."

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Source : Robert J. Shiller (2015). “Irrational Exuberance”, p.189, Princeton University Press

Robert J. Shiller

#Inspirational Quotes #Focus Quotes #Important Quotes

“Don't cling to things because everything is impermanent.”

Source : Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.103, Broadway Books
“For a very long time, I wrote a book a year, and was eager and willing to do it, to put bread on the table, to have my work out there. Now I must write a book every two years, and that's never enough time, either.”
“It's strange. You never start out life with the intention of becoming a bankrupt or an alcoholic or a cheat and a thief. Or a liar.”
“I never had disagreements with [Adolf Hitler], I never saw him in an unpleasant frame of mind.”
“[H]umans tend to start the process of change by acknowledging themselves thus blacks asserted black pride and black is beautiful; women declared I am woman, I am strong:;; men are saying I am man, I am okay. After a quarter of a century of male bashing, that's not a bad start.”
“Religions survive mainly because they brainwash the young.”

Source : A.C. Grayling (2012). “Against All Gods: Six Polemics on Religion and an Essay on Kindness”, p.12, Oberon Books
“Coaches give you too much information. Ive been allowed to develop that intuitive ability in my career and lifetime.”
“Fascism is definitely and absolutely opposed to the doctrines of liberalism, both in the political and economic sphere.”

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