"For desired conclusions, we ask ourselves, â€œCan I believe this?â€, but for unpalatable conclusions we ask, â€œMust I believe this?"

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Source : Thomas Gilovich (2008). “How We Know What Isn't So”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

Thomas Gilovich

#Believe Quotes #I Believe Quotes #Conclusion Quotes

“Everybody's got a job to do, and I do mine as best I can.”
“We are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the President encourages vigorous debate.”
“Instead of being lionized and admired for her genius, instead of being able to earn a decent living as a writer, Andrea Dworkin was misrepresented and demonized.”
“The sooner we learn feelings are fickle, the better off we are.”
“I have always postulated that we have to find a new way to deal with reality. It's not so much facts that interest me, but a deeper truth in them - an ecstasy of truth, an ecstatic truth that illuminates us. That's what I've been after.”
“That was only a yard away from being an inch-perfect pass.”
“I would not trade any of these features for anybody elseâ€™s. I wouldnâ€™t trade the small thin-lipped mouth that makes me resemble my nephew. I wouldnâ€™t even trade the acne scar on my right cheek, because that recurring zit spent more time with me in college than any boy ever did.”
“Visibility is not equality.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 20, 2017

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