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Erich Fromm Psychologist, Philosopher
People

"That millions of people share the same forms of mental pathology does not make these people sane."

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Esther Perel Psychotherapist, Author
People

"Romantics value intensity over stability. Realists value security over passion. But both are often disappointed, for few people can live happily at either extreme."

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Elliott Smith Musician
People

"A lot of people are kind of depressed. I'm happy some of the time, and some of the time I'm not."

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Carl Lewis Athlete
People

"The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies."

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Daniel Kahneman Psychologist, Nobel Laureate
People

"People who are cognitively busy are also more likely to make selfish choices, use sexist language, and make superficial judgments in social situations."

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Adam Smith Philosopher, Economist
People

"With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches, which in their eye is never so complete as when they appear to possess those decisive marks of opulence which nobody can possess but themselves."

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Adrienne Rich Poet, Essayist, Feminist
People

"War is an absolute failure of imagination, scientific and political. That a war can be represented as helping a people to 'feel good' about themselves, or their country, is a measure of that failure."

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Aesop Rock Rapper
People

"People are very adamant about maintaining a certain sound or a certain era, like, "There were three years of rap that were great, so let's just keep doing that." The genre itself is just stuck in place. It's been treading water for a while."

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Desmond Tutu Theologian, Activist
People

"When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the good news to a hungry person is bread."

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Doc Watson Musician, Singer-songwriter
People

"I feel about me like I'm one of the working people, just like you, and everybody else. I don't fit the part of a celebrity."

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Charlie Munger Investor, Businessman
People

"We're emphasizing the knowable by predicting how certain people and companies will swim against the current. We're not predicting the fluctuation in the current."

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Charlie Munger Investor, Businessman
People

"I try to get rid of people who always confidently answer questions about which they don't have any real knowledge."

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