"When your mind is preoccupied, your impulsesâ€”not your long-term goalsâ€”will guide your choices."

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Source : Kelly McGonigal (2011). “The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It”, p.24, Penguin

Kelly McGonigal

#Long Quotes #Goal Quotes #Choices Quotes

“An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity.”
“I've been in rage all my life at this thing we call 'society'”

Source : David Wojnarowicz (1994). “David Wojnarowicz: brush fires in the social landscape”
“Not everyone supported gaming, but we had a general meeting and a vote on whether to pursue a casino or not and the tribe voted yes, and as a tribal representative to the state legislature, I had to represent that decision.”
“But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others.”

Source : "Laureate and hardy". Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2002.
“As governor, I learned the importance of having an agenda.”
“Digging up graves is backbreaking work. So I just like that the genre of horror can embrace so many different styles and textures.”

Source : Source: film.avclub.com
“From the very start of my career, it was clear to me that achievement was built on discipline.”
“It draws it's strength, this big secret, from the same root from which I draw my strength, both the good and the bad, because in the end, they cannot be separated.”

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