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When people's judgments deviate from a normative model, as they so often do, we have a puzzle to solve. #StevenPinker

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When people's judgments deviate from a normative model, as they so often do, we have a puzzle to solve. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 10, 2026
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Other people's thoughts and feelings have to be communicated to you somehow, but your own are so immediate, urgent, real. #DavidBrooks

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Other people's thoughts and feelings have to be communicated to you somehow, but your own are so immediate, urgent, real. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 9, 2026
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The cliche of the 'average immigrant' being an economic boon for the country only works when such exceptions are made to appear as though they are the rule. #DouglasMurray

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The cliche of the 'average immigrant' being an economic boon for the country only works when such exceptions are made to appear as though they are the rule. #DouglasMurray — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 7, 2026
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If you overly protect your children they will fear failure and avoid pain. But failure and pain are twin teachers of important lessons. Unless your children fully experience both how will they know they have nothing to fear? #WilliamMartin

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If you overly protect your children they will fear failure and avoid pain. But failure and pain are twin teachers of important lessons. Unless your children fully experience both how will they know they have nothing to fear? #WilliamMartin — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 5, 2026
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The evidence of priming studies suggests that reminding people of their mortality increases the appeal of authoritarian ideas, which may become reassuring in the context of the terror of death. #DanielKahneman

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The evidence of priming studies suggests that reminding people of their mortality increases the appeal of authoritarian ideas, which may become reassuring in the context of the terror of death. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 5, 2026
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At the heart of the pain created by sexual rejection is our habit of interpreting it as a moral judgement, when it might more accurately be categorized as a mere accident. We can start to break free from this torture... #AlaindeBotton

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At the heart of the pain created by sexual rejection is our habit of interpreting it as a moral judgement, when it might more accurately be categorized as a mere accident. We can start to break free from this torture... #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 4, 2026
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[Good listeners] hover as the other speaks; they offer encouraging remarks; they make gentle positive gestures: a sigh of sympathy, a nod of encouragement, a strategic 'hmm' of interest. All the time, they are egging the other to go deeper into issues. #TheSchoolOfLife

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[Good listeners] hover as the other speaks; they offer encouraging remarks; they make gentle positive gestures: a sigh of sympathy, a nod of encouragement, a strategic 'hmm' of interest. All the time, they are egging the other to go deeper into issues. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 3, 2026
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