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Dan Ariely

"Ownership is not limited to material things. It can also apply to points of view. Once we take ownership of an idea â€” whether itâ€™s about politics or sports â€” what do we do? We love it perhaps more than we should. We prize it more than it is worth. And most frequently, we have trouble letting go of it because we canâ€™t stand the idea of its loss. What are we left with then? An ideology â€” rigid and unyielding."

Source : "Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions". Book by Dan Ariely, February 19, 2008.

Dan Ariely

#Letting Go Quotes #Sports Quotes #Loss Quotes

“We are born in innocence. ... Corruption comes later. The first fear is a corruption, the first reaching for something that defies us. The first nuance of difference, the first need to feel better than the different one, more loved, stronger, richer, more blessed -- these are corruptions.”

Source : Laura Z. Hobson (2011). “Gentleman's Agreement”, p.106, Open Road Media
“You cannot play the piano by telling a pianist what to do, go a little more to the left or to the right. And the same is for the computer, really. You have to play yourself to get the most out of it.”
“Climbers seem to forget that we said in our introduction that there were simply '50 classic routes', not 'the 50 classics'. We chose 50 from a list of about 120. Only a torturer will ever pry loose from our lips the names of those other 70 classics.”
“There's the people who have one of these cell phones in their pockets and don't have a clue how it's made. But I really want to understand.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Every social trait labelled masculine or feminine is in truth a human trait. It is our human right to develop and contribute our talents whatever our race, sex, religion, ancestry, age. Human rights are indivisible!”
“Believe me, a grain is a terrible thing to waste.”
“What's devil to some is good to some others.”
“The not-knowing is crucial to art, is what permits art to be made. Without the scanning process engendered by not-knowing, without the possibility of having the mind move in unanticipated directions, there would be no invention.”

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