"Facts that challenge basic assumptions-and thereby threaten people's livelihood and self-esteem-are simply not absorbed. The mind does not digest them."

-- Daniel Kahneman

#Self Esteem Quotes #People Quotes #Challenges Quotes

“I do not enter discussions with neighbors who think they can forbid me to think. I do not place my moral sanction upon a murderer's wish to kill me. When a man attempts to deal with me by force, I answer him-by force.”
“My favorite laser disk ever was the laser disk for The Graduate, which had a commentary track that wasn't even the filmmakers, it was a professor, some film criticism guy who just happen to be this amazing commentator who went off into the whole theory of comedy.”
“What is wealth? A dream of fools.”

Source : Abraham Cahan (2013). “The Rise of David Levinsky”, p.34, Courier Corporation
“I want to be able to speak freely about what I believe. There's a lot of people who would actually like to be able to do that but, for whatever reason, they can't.”
“In my particular case foreign policy happens to be my hobby, my consuming interest. I had spent decades studying it.”
“In my case, I think people are surprised that I'm doing exactly what I said I was going to do when I ran, because that's not the typical politician.”
“C'mon baby light for me!”
“False love is only blinder.”

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