Maria Konnikova Researchers have always tried to use psychology for predictive ends: Can what we already know about a person tell us how she will behave in a given situation? The results of these endeavors have been mixed. – Maria Konnikova Behave Quotes Endeavors Quotes Mixed Quotes Person Quotes Predictive Quotes Psychology Quotes Researchers Quotes Situation Quotes The major problem with most attempts to predict a specific outcome, such as interviews, is decontextualization: the attempt takes place in a generalized environment, as opposed to the context in which a behavior or trait naturally occurs. To a child, ‘The Little Prince’ is the story of a boy who falls from the sky, meets lots of funny people on his travels, and then returns to his star. But take a closer look and you find as clear a commentary on everything that’s wrong with modern life – and what can be done to fix it – as you would in the most biting social satire.
David Herbert Donald Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and he would draw up a kind of list of the pros and cons of an argument, and carefully figure them out, and he might test them in public. – David Herbert Donald
Edgar FiedlerWisdom He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass. – Edgar Fiedler
Jon Anderson I nearly died three times in 2008, and when you go through those experiences, you realize that you’re blessed every day that you wake up. My world changed, my life changed, and with the help of my wife Jane, I was able to survive. – Jon Anderson
Brunello Cucinelli If you are an investor, I hope that you will stay with me for three, four, ten years. But if you ask me to make profits in ways that I have to change my allure, I won’t do that. I won’t lose my identity. – Brunello Cucinelli
Jason Alexander What you find with singers, no matter where they’re from, if they have any kind of an accent, the accent tends to disappear when they sing. – Jason Alexander
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