Context Quote by Ellen Langer

““The same situation of stimulus called by a different name is a different stimulus. Roller coasters are fun but bumpy plane rides are not!””

Ellen Langer

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Wherever you put the mind, the body will follow.

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Certainty is a cruel mindset. It hardens our minds against possibility.

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When people are not in the moment, they're not there to know that they're not there.

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In the perspective of every person lies a lens through which we may better understand ourselves.

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