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Jonathan Gottschall has 31 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling…
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I have this little neighbor next door. He comes over and tells me about playing Call of Duty, and he's talking about,…
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The brain stays up all night telling stories while we sleep. We just call them dreams.
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Human minds yield helplessly to the suction of story. No matter how hard we concentrate, no matter how deep we dig in…
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We are creatures of story, and the process of changing one mind or the whole world must begin with 'Once upon a…
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Fiction seems to be more effective at changing beliefs than nonfiction, which is designed to persuade through argument and evidence. Studies show…
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In my profession more generally, it's not an exaggeration to say that masculinity is viewed as the root of all evil. If…
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Whenever I was confronted in the schoolyard, I found some way to avoid the fight. I ran for it. I backed down.…
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What you do in a fight gym is learn how to be brave. You're learning how to punch and kick in a…
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It's an empirical question whether training makes one more or less likely to get in a fight outside the gym. In some…
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Getting punched in the face with a padded glove doesn't really hurt your face. It doesn't hurt your skull. The only thing…
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Fighting is really, really rewarding. I truly enjoyed it. I got feelings from fighting that were bigger than those I had experienced…
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I used to imagine that making it in music - really making it in music - is if you're an old man…
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Whenever I was confronted in the schoolyard, I found some way to avoid the fight. I ran for it. I backed down.…
— Jonathan Gottschall
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I think that all of us are 5-year-olds and we don't want to be embarrassed in the schoolyard.
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I love to go down to the schoolyard and watch all the little children jump up and down and run around yelling…
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When I was old enough to realize all meat was killed, I saw it as an irrational way of using our power,…
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I think the first time I really heard poetry was in the schoolyard. Just the little limericks that kids say when they're…
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