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David Brooks Quotes

I could tell you that when you have trouble making up your mind about something, tell yourself you’ll settle it by flipping a coin. But don’t go by how the coin flips; go by your emotional reaction to the coin flip. Are you happy or sad it came up heads or tails? Picture Quote #1

The daily activity that contributes most to happiness is having dinner with friends. The daily activity that detracts most from happiness is commuting. Eat more. Commute less Picture Quote #1

We shouldn’t just allow gay marriage. We should insist on gay marriage. We should regard it as scandalous that two people could claim to love each other and not want to sanctify their love with marriage and fidelity Picture Quote #1

The point of being a teacher is to do more than impart facts, it’s to shape the way students perceive the world, to help a student absorb the rules of a discipline. The teachers who do that get remembered Picture Quote #1

The brain is not the mind. It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even understand the emotions, reactions, hopes and desires of the mind Picture Quote #1

I’ve observed a few things about the few really great people I’ve had a chance to meet and cover... They need to be around people. You and I require sleep. They require people Picture Quote #1

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Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so Picture Quote #1

Often, I go and see films where I can see the beats coming. So, if I read something where I don’t see the beats coming and it takes me somewhere unexpected, that’s a great thing to build upon Picture Quote #1

I was really fortunate that I went to a high school where we actually had a film theory program Picture Quote #1

As a director, I like trying to unlock the subtext of the scene and try to put the camera in a place that helps that Picture Quote #1

I came to the conclusion is that we have a very shallow view of human nature in the policy world. We’re really good at talking about material things, really bad at talking about emotions, really good at stuff we can count, really bad at the deeper stuff that actually drives behavior Picture Quote #1

One of the things this world is finding is that emotion is the basis of reason. We really have to trust our emotions, which are much smarter than our reason in some ways Picture Quote #1

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We don’t have the choice to control our emotions, but we do have the power to educate our emotions. And we do that through literature and through art and music to give ourselves a repertoire of emotional experiences Picture Quote #1

If you do something really cognitively demanding, like buying furniture, it turns out buying furniture is one of the most difficult things we do. Go into a furniture store and look at a sofa Picture Quote #1

Trade agreements are a net benefit for the world, and a net benefit for our foreign policy, and in the long run, given the dislocations, are a net benefit for us, too Picture Quote #1

The natural human reaction is to greet hatred with hatred, revenge by revenge. That’s the natural genetic reaction Picture Quote #1

The gun becomes this psychological totem, this thing of who I am. And it’s almost as if using the gun is going to be the thing that’s going to be my expression of how I make a difference in the world Picture Quote #1

It’s only useful to ask, what wisdom have you learned from your misjudgments that will help you going forward? Picture Quote #1

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Institutions do all the things that are supposed to be bad. They impede personal exploration. They enforce conformity. But they often save us from our weaknesses and give meaning to life Picture Quote #1

We are all fundamentally equal souls, and if you make a zillion dollars, you’re not any better than anybody else spiritually. You’re still an equal soul Picture Quote #1

I’m thankful that we live in a crassly commercial, polarized culture, so media jackals like me have a lot of work to do Picture Quote #1

If you just rely on one model, you tend to amputate reality to make it fit your model Picture Quote #1

We live in a culture that encourages us to be big about ourselves, and I think the starting point of trying to build inner goodness is to be a little bit smaller about yourself Picture Quote #1

When your institution is under threat, you feel you have a lot of hostility, you feel things are slipping away, you have got internal problems, there’s a tendency to turn inward and to focus on yourselves Picture Quote #1

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When your institution is under assault, you’re feeling like the weight is on it and the history might be flowing away, don’t turn inward, go outward Picture Quote #1

When you’re running for president you have to take some risks and you’ve got to show people something fresh and you’ve got to stay interesting Picture Quote #1

When you’re running for president, you’re a guest in the living room for four years. And if people don’t think you’re going to be around the living room as a pleasant experience, they’re not going to vote for you even if they agree with you Picture Quote #1

Most people don’t form a self and then lead a life. They are called by a problem, and the self is constructed gradually by their calling Picture Quote #1

The crossroads where government meets enterprise can be an exciting crossroads. It can also be a corrupt crossroads. It requires moral rectitude to separate public service from private gain Picture Quote #1

The legitimacy of a war is not established by how it is organized but by what it achieves Picture Quote #1

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I could tell you that when you have trouble making up your mind about something, tell yourself you’ll settle it by flipping a coin. But don’t go by how the coin flips; go by your emotional reaction to the coin flip. Are you happy or sad it came up heads or tails? (David Brooks Quotes) The daily activity that contributes most to happiness is having dinner with friends. The daily activity that detracts most from happiness is commuting. Eat more. Commute less (David Brooks Quotes) We shouldn’t just allow gay marriage. We should insist on gay marriage. We should regard it as scandalous that two people could claim to love each other and not want to sanctify their love with marriage and fidelity (David Brooks Quotes) The point of being a teacher is to do more than impart facts, it’s to shape the way students perceive the world, to help a student absorb the rules of a discipline. The teachers who do that get remembered (David Brooks Quotes) The brain is not the mind. It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even understand the emotions, reactions, hopes and desires of the mind (David Brooks Quotes) I’ve observed a few things about the few really great people I’ve had a chance to meet and cover... They need to be around people. You and I require sleep. They require people (David Brooks Quotes) Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so (David Brooks Quotes) Often, I go and see films where I can see the beats coming. So, if I read something where I don’t see the beats coming and it takes me somewhere unexpected, that’s a great thing to build upon (David Brooks Quotes) I was really fortunate that I went to a high school where we actually had a film theory program (David Brooks Quotes) As a director, I like trying to unlock the subtext of the scene and try to put the camera in a place that helps that (David Brooks Quotes) I came to the conclusion is that we have a very shallow view of human nature in the policy world. We’re really good at talking about material things, really bad at talking about emotions, really good at stuff we can count, really bad at the deeper stuff that actually drives behavior (David Brooks Quotes) One of the things this world is finding is that emotion is the basis of reason. We really have to trust our emotions, which are much smarter than our reason in some ways (David Brooks Quotes) We don’t have the choice to control our emotions, but we do have the power to educate our emotions. And we do that through literature and through art and music to give ourselves a repertoire of emotional experiences (David Brooks Quotes) If you do something really cognitively demanding, like buying furniture, it turns out buying furniture is one of the most difficult things we do. Go into a furniture store and look at a sofa (David Brooks Quotes) Trade agreements are a net benefit for the world, and a net benefit for our foreign policy, and in the long run, given the dislocations, are a net benefit for us, too (David Brooks Quotes) The natural human reaction is to greet hatred with hatred, revenge by revenge. That’s the natural genetic reaction (David Brooks Quotes) The gun becomes this psychological totem, this thing of who I am. And it’s almost as if using the gun is going to be the thing that’s going to be my expression of how I make a difference in the world (David Brooks Quotes) It’s only useful to ask, what wisdom have you learned from your misjudgments that will help you going forward? (David Brooks Quotes) Institutions do all the things that are supposed to be bad. They impede personal exploration. They enforce conformity. But they often save us from our weaknesses and give meaning to life (David Brooks Quotes) We are all fundamentally equal souls, and if you make a zillion dollars, you’re not any better than anybody else spiritually. You’re still an equal soul (David Brooks Quotes) I’m thankful that we live in a crassly commercial, polarized culture, so media jackals like me have a lot of work to do (David Brooks Quotes) If you just rely on one model, you tend to amputate reality to make it fit your model (David Brooks Quotes) We live in a culture that encourages us to be big about ourselves, and I think the starting point of trying to build inner goodness is to be a little bit smaller about yourself (David Brooks Quotes) When your institution is under threat, you feel you have a lot of hostility, you feel things are slipping away, you have got internal problems, there’s a tendency to turn inward and to focus on yourselves (David Brooks Quotes) When your institution is under assault, you’re feeling like the weight is on it and the history might be flowing away, don’t turn inward, go outward (David Brooks Quotes) When you’re running for president you have to take some risks and you’ve got to show people something fresh and you’ve got to stay interesting (David Brooks Quotes) When you’re running for president, you’re a guest in the living room for four years. And if people don’t think you’re going to be around the living room as a pleasant experience, they’re not going to vote for you even if they agree with you (David Brooks Quotes) Most people don’t form a self and then lead a life. They are called by a problem, and the self is constructed gradually by their calling (David Brooks Quotes) The crossroads where government meets enterprise can be an exciting crossroads. It can also be a corrupt crossroads. It requires moral rectitude to separate public service from private gain (David Brooks Quotes) The legitimacy of a war is not established by how it is organized but by what it achieves (David Brooks Quotes)

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