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Samuel Johnson called it the vanity of human wishes, and Buddhists talk about the endless cycle of desire. Social psychologists say we get trapped on a hedonic treadmill. What they all mean is that we wish, plan and work for things that we think will make us happy, but when we finally get them, we aren't nearly as happy as we thought we'd be. Alison Gopnik
buddhists
The thing the Buddhists and the Sufis have in common is a belief that religious certainties are destructive. Luke Rhinehart
buddhists fascinated people popping themselves
I'm fascinated by caddy Buddhists popping up all over Hollywood and people that take themselves too seriously. Tig Notaro
fascinated people
We've always been fascinated with movie stars and singers, but the fascination with people who really have nothing to offer is something new. Carl Hiaasen
fascinated noticing
As a kid, I remember crying and then noticing myself in the mirror and being fascinated by how that looked. Nina Hoss
fascinated people politics west whether
Whether it's 'Veep' or 'Homeland' or 'The West Wing' - which is a more idealised version of democracy - people are fascinated by politics. Kevin Spacey
fascinated since
Ever since I was a little girl, I have always loved animals and been fascinated with them. Isabella Rossellini
fascinated learning people thrust trust
I'm fascinated by the idea of disparate, difficult people learning to trust each other when they're thrust into hellish circumstances. Sharon Shinn
fascinated future human interest life people sign
An interest in ideas is a sign of human life. People are fascinated by what the future is going to be - and the future is going to be an accumulation of ideas. Thomas Heatherwick
fascinated
We're fascinated with robots because they are reflections of ourselves. Ken Goldberg
fascinated fills gets human invisible observing people
I'm a voyeur. I say that with no embarrassment. If I could have a superpower, being invisible would be it, no question. I'm fascinated by human behavior; observing people and seeing how much story gets told without a lot of dialogue, and how much our brain fills in.
fascinated love recall
Memory has always fascinated me. Think of it. You can recall at will your first day in high school, your first date, your first love. Eric Kandel
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander. Charles Caleb Colton
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude. Charles Dickens
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable.
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness.
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything.
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon.
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule
popping work
Work will be popping up all over the place.
popping spam
I can't even get to my (e-mail) because there's spam popping up all over the place.
popping
There are subdivisions popping up all over the place.
popping time
There was some popping out there on defense. That's the first time that's really come through.
popping second time
It's all about popping the champagne. This was our second time doing it. Hopefully, there are two to go. Matt Morris
popping
It was strange what happened to me; I mean popping out like that before I was even ten. Cleo Moore
themselves tried turned
I never had a problem with my face on screen. I thought it is what it is, and I was turned off by actors and actresses that tried to keep themselves young. Robert Redford
themselves truth
Most people, it seems, stretch the truth to make themselves seem more impressive. I, it seems, stretch the truth to make myself look worse. Aaron Swartz
themselves ultimately whom
Social distinctions concern themselves ultimately with whom you may and may not marry.
themselves
Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed. Stephen Covey
themselves training work
But those things usually work themselves out during training camp.
themselves
With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain. Friedrich Schiller
themselves turning
We've got too many young girls, who don't know how to parent, turning themselves into parents. Bill Cosby
themselves
Something I always admire, especially in female comedians, is that they're willing to make themselves look terrible. Jorma Taccone
themselves
Speculators are tripping over themselves to get out.