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First [rule of thumb on avoiding brainwashing], if you want reliable information--pay good money for it. If you get your news for free, you might well be the product. #YuvalNoahHarari

First [rule of thumb on avoiding brainwashing], if you want reliable information--pay good money for it. If you get your news for free, you might well be the product. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 29, 2026

Characters who might be plausible as mere acquaintances or office colleagues can reveal peculiarities normally concealed in ordinary social life. We're not only unlucky if our dates initiate us like this. We should accept [many fascinating things can go wrong...] #TheSchoolOfLife

Characters who might be plausible as mere acquaintances or office colleagues can reveal peculiarities normally concealed in ordinary social life. We're not only unlucky if our dates initiate us like this. We should accept [many fascinating things can go wrong...] #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 29, 2026

Social conservatives tend to be lower on openness to experience and higher on conscientiousness--they prefer things to be orderly and predictable... more likely to show up on time for meetings, and they are more likely to see the value of traditional arrangements. #JonathanHaidt

Social conservatives tend to be lower on openness to experience and higher on conscientiousness--they prefer things to be orderly and predictable... more likely to show up on time for meetings, and they are more likely to see the value of traditional arrangements. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 28, 2026

Achievements are not attributed, as in past societies, to luck or providence--a reflection of modern societies' faith in individual willpower. #AlaindeBotton

Achievements are not attributed, as in past societies, to luck or providence--a reflection of modern societies' faith in individual willpower. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 27, 2026

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other, whom he assumes to have perfect vision. #HenryKissinger

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other, whom he assumes to have perfect vision. #HenryKissinger — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 26, 2026

To modify a habit, you must decide to change it. You must consciously accept the hard work of identifying the cues and rewards that drive the habits' routines, and find alternatives. #CharlesDuhigg

To modify a habit, you must decide to change it. You must consciously accept the hard work of identifying the cues and rewards that drive the habits' routines, and find alternatives. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 24, 2026

O man, of whatever country you are, and whatever your opinions may be, behold your history, such as I have thought to read it, not in books written by your fellow-creatures, who are liars, but in nature, which never lies. All that comes from her will be true #JeanJacquesRousseau

O man, of whatever country you are, and whatever your opinions may be, behold your history, such as I have thought to read it, not in books written by your fellow-creatures, who are liars, but in nature, which never lies. All that comes from her will be true #JeanJacquesRousseau — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 22, 2026