- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never worked on interrogation; I have never seen an interrogation, and I have only a passing knowledge of the literature on interrogation. With that qualification, my opinion is that the point of interrogation is to get at the truth, not to get at what the interrogator wants to hear.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I strongly disapprove of torture and have never and would never provide assistance in its process.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It used to be that whenever I introduced myself to people and told them I was a psychologist, they would shrink away from me. Because, quite rightly, the impression the American public has of psychologists is, 'You want to know what's wrong with me.'
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
In human history, we are going from knowledge to omniscience, from potence to omnipotence, from ethics and religion to righteousness. So, in my view, God comes at the end of this long process. This may not happen in our lifetimes or even in the lifetime of our species.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.
- Half Century
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you were an optimistic teen, then you'll be an optimist at 80. People's reactions to bad events are highly stable over a half century or more.
- Dirty
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- Nov 07, 2020
The dirty little secret of both clinical psychology and biological psychiatry is that they have completely given up on the notion of cure.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think anyone's found a way of eliminating thoughts of danger and loss. It's rather that, when they're unrealistic, you become an acrobat at marshaling evidence against them.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe it is within our capacity that by the year 2051 that 51 percent of the human population will be flourishing. That is my charge.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Reaching beyond where you are is really important.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well-being cannot exist just in your own head. Well-being is a combination of feeling good as well as actually having meaning, good relationships and accomplishment.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life satisfaction essentially measures cheerful moods, so it is not entitled to a central place in any theory that aims to be more than a happiology.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have children to pursue other elements of well-being. We want meaning in life. We want relationships.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we just wanted positive emotions, our species would have died out a long time ago.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020