"If the search is for examples that contradict the predictions of standard economic models, a good rule of thumb is to start in France."

-- Robert H. Frank

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“The failures and successes are necessary for learning.”
“Man is hypnotized by the glitter of his own gadgetry”
“Knowledge! What does that mean? Your knowledge is nothing but cowardice. No, really, that's all it is. You just want to put a little wall around infinity. And you're afraid to look on the other side of that wall.”

Source : Yevgeny Zamyatin (1993). “We: New Edition”, p.52, Penguin
“I'm just trying to get rid of all the mystery surrounding me and let people see what I'm thinking. So they can understand me and stop assuming things about me.”
“You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind.”
“All those hours spent alone on the rink is where a skater's strength comes from. That's where a standing ovation starts and if you don't want to be there, it is going to show. Nothing you dreamed about is going to happen if you forget why you started in the first place. You have to skate with you heart. Before anyone can believe in you, you have to believe in yourself.”
“It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-Level art, a twisted imagination and a chainsaw.”
“We've played it [Milquetoast] a million times. When you play a song that much you sort of become disconnected with the lyrics. It's just another song essentially about people's opinions and being told how to live your life even though they may have less life experience than you have.”

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