"As Harvard University psychologist Daniel Gilbert argues, 'You……" — Tom Vanderbilt
"As Harvard University psychologist Daniel Gilbert argues, 'You can't adapt to commuting, because it's entirely unpredictable. Driving in traffic is a different kind of hell every day.'"
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8 Quotes by Tom Vanderbilt
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The way humans hunt for parking and the way animals hunt for food are not as different as you might…
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The road, more than simply a system of regulations and designs, is a place where many millions of us, with…
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Men may or may not be better drivers than women, but they seem to die more often trying to prove…
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Human attention, in the best of circumstances, is a fluid but fragile entity. Beyond a certain threshold, the more that…
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Many traffic signs have become like placebos, giving false comfort to the afflicted, or simple boilerplate to ward off lawsuits,…
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Whether advanced driver training helps drivers in the long term is one of those controversial and unresolved mysteries of the…
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The relative ease of most driving lures us into thinking we can get away with doing other things. Indeed, those…
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More Adapt Quotes
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Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom…
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Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result…
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Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one…
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You adapt to who you're photographing.
— David Bailey
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Adapting is a common natural way for people to adapt to their environment.
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When people move from poor countries to America, they quickly adapt in at least one way - their consumption habits.
— Gary Bauer
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As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser.
— Wendy Carlos
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Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to…
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In the long run men inevitably become the victims of their wealth. They adapt their lives and habits to their…
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The military has no constant form, just as water has no constant shape - adapt as you face the enemy,…
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The atmosphere of the home is prolonged in the school, where the students soon discover thatin order to achieve some…
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Well-coached teams are never surprised; they can adapt to anything they see.
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