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When people do a good deed, particularly when they do it on a whim or by chance, they will come to see the beneficiary of their generosity in a warmer light.
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039 |
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None of us like learning that we were wrong, that our memories are distorted or confabulated, or that we made an embarrassing professional mistake.
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137 |
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More occupations are ultimately, if slowly, self-improving and self-correcting.
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138 |
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Marriage… is the greatest two-way decision of most people’s lives, and couples are enormously invested in making it work.
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219 |
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When [anger] burns out, it leaves the ashes of resentment and contempt. And contempt is the handmaiden of hopelessness.
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234 |
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Once people commit themselves to an opinion… they become less able to accept information that is dissonant with their positions.
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267 |
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The pain of living with horrors we have committed but cannot morally accept is searing, which is why most people will reach for any justification available to assuage the dissonance.
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268 |
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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.
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299 |
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By looking at our actions critically and dispassionately… we stand a chance of breaking out of the cycle of action, followed by self-justification, followed by more committed action.
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300 |
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Making mistakes is central to the education of budding scientists and artists of all kinds; they must have the freedom to experiment, try this idea, flop, try another idea, take a risk, be willing to get the wrong answer.
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