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The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead. ↗

— Samuel Goldwyn

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I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on. ↗

— Samuel Goldwyn

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Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections. ↗

— Danny Strong

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My parents kept us sheltered from this world of Hollywood. I don't have any great memories of bouncing on Cary Grant's knee or something like that. ↗

— Tony Goldwyn

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The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain. ↗

— Daniel Goleman

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I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind. ↗

— Daniel Goleman

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Heretofore there has always been in the history of the world a comparatively unoccupied land westward, into which the crowded countries of the East have poured their surplus populations. ↗

— Josiah Strong

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The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or anxiety, for example, you have done nothing to train the mind, so that when you come off the medication, you are just as vulnerable to a relapse as though you had never taken the medication. ↗

— Daniel Goleman

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If you do a practice and train your attention to hover in the present, then you will build the internal capacity to do that as needed - at will and voluntarily. ↗

— Daniel Goleman

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Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't distinguish between being a more empathic manager and a more empathic father. ↗

— Daniel Goleman

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