"Optimism is normal, but some fortunate people are……" — Daniel Kahneman
"Optimism is normal, but some fortunate people are more optimistic than the rest of us. If you are genetically endowed with an optimistic bias, you hardly need to be told that you are a lucky person - you already feel fortunate."
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158 Quotes by Daniel Kahneman
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