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This is the essence of intuitive heuristics: when faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution. — Daniel Kahneman
Reality - Dreams = Animal Being Reality + Dreams = A Heart-Ache (usually called Idealism) Reality + Humor = Realism (also called Conservatism) Dreams -… — Lin Yutang
Jocelyn recognized reading as a sacred pastime and usually wouldn't interrupt Clary in the middle of a book, even to yell at her. — Cassandra Clare
He was impolite while making a point? This is Vlad the Impaler. His points usually come at the end of a long pole. — Jeaniene Frost
I want in fact more of you. In my mind I am dressing you with light; I am wrapping you up in blankets of complete… — Franz Kafka
I usually take a walk after breakfast, write for three hours, have lunch and read in the afternoon. Demons donâ€™t like fresh air - they… — Ingmar Bergman
We are usually told that democracy originated in ancient Athensâ€”like science, or philosophy, it was a Greek invention. Itâ€™s never entirely clear what this is… — David Graeber
It was sometimes inconvenient to have the gold-green, slit-pupilled eyes of a cat, but this was usually easily hidden with a small glamour, and if… — Cassandra Clare
But the rational mind usually doesn't decide what emotions we "should" have ! — Daniel Goleman
One thing you'll learn as you get older, Simon, is that when people tell you something unpleasant about themselves, it's usually true. — Cassandra Clare
I usually say what I really think. A great mistake nowadays. It makes one so liable to be misunderstood. — Oscar Wilde
Thatâ€™s what a skinwalker is: a mean asshole with a meaner spirit squatting inside.â€ "Iâ€™ve run into some of those at the dog park," Oberon… — Kevin Hearne
Love came hard and very seldom. When it did it was usually for the wrong reasons. — Charles Bukowski
He was the class clown, the court jester, because he'd learn early that if you cracked jokes and pretended you weren't scared, you usually didn't… — Rick Riordan
Psychologists usually offer three explanations for the failure of group brainstorming. The first is social loafing: in a group, some individuals tend to sit back… — Susan Cain
If I fall and break my neck, will you say something nice at my funeral?" "Like 'Kyler was usually more graceful? — Unknown Author
Somehow, Sydney had an internal clock that told her when time was up. I think it was part of her inherent ability to keep track… — Richelle Mead
Jealousy, you know, is usually not an affair of causes. It is much more-how shall I say?-fundamental than that. Based on the knowledge that one's… — Agatha Christie
Sage, aren't you guys supposed to have uniforms? This looks like what you usually wear. — Richelle Mead
An activist is someone who cannot help but fight for something. That person is not usually motivated by a need for power or money or… — Eve Ensler

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