#diction

Not all addictions are rooted in abuse or trauma, but I do believe they can all be traced to painful experience. A hurt is at the centre of all addictive behaviours. It is present in the gambler, the Internet addict, the compulsive shopper and the workaholic. The wound may not be as deep and the ache not as excruciating, and it may even be entirely hidden—but it’s there. As we’ll see, the effects of early stress or adverse experiences directly shape both the psychology and the neurobiology of addiction in the brain. ↗

— Gabor Maté

#behavior #psychology #stress #experience

I think people are sick and tired of all the abuse songs, and drug addiction, we want to bring to world a big fat smile. ↗

— Steve Brown

#addiction #big #bring #fat #i

My predictions are notably inaccurate. ↗

— Robert Caro

#notably #predictions

We've observed that people who stall in their personal growth work often have counterproductive soft addictions that stand in their way of growth and having the life they say they want. It can be a simple thing, such as watching TV instead of finishing a project. ↗

— Judith Wright

#counterproductive #finishing #growth #having #instead

I don't think anybody ever thought about the CIA meddling in internal affairs. The shock of the President's death called for an immediate investigation. It actually lay in the jurisdiction of Texas. ↗

— John Sherman Cooper

#actually #affairs #anybody #called #cia

I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the rest. ↗

— Alan Cox

#figure #forget #get #i #lots

I have a little bit of an addiction to work. So I'm always hiding in the bathroom with my Blackberry to work when I'm on holiday. ↗

— Penelope Cruz

#always #bathroom #bit #blackberry #hiding

The trouble with the dictionary is that you have to know how a word is spelled before you can look it up to see how it is spelled. ↗

— Will Cuppy

#dictionary #how #know #look #see

Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring. ↗

— M. F. K. Fisher

#dictionaries #fun #reassuring

The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#experience #hypothesis #only #prediction #relevant