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So powerful is the need for consonance that when people are forced to look at disconfirming evidence, they will find a way to criticize, distort, or dismiss it so that they can maintain or even strengthen their existing belief.
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024 |
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Conflict of interest and politics are synonymous, and we all understand the cozy collaboration that politicians forge to preserve their own power at the expense of the common welfare.
|
062 |
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…once reciprocity kicks in, self-justification will follow… The power of the flower is unconscious.
|
074 |
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Thanks to the revisionist power of memory to justify our decisions, by the time many couples divorce, they can’t remember why they married.
|
238 |
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If those in power prefer to maintain their blind spots at all costs, then impartial review boards must improve that vision – against their will, if it comes to that.
|
299 |
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…it is upon the back of ordinary people that wealth and power are produced.
|
085 |
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…all those seats of power – be they in business or politics – are in a position to effect change. But make no mistake, change is coming.
|
086 |
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Fear is such a powerful motivator that it can force us to act in ways that are completely counter to our own or our organization’s best interests.
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119 |
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Vague fear is sufficient to deter us; the more it is explored, the less power it has over us.
|
030 |
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If you don’t think you have any power, you don’t. If you aren’t the captain of your fate…then fate is the captain of you.
|
043 |
