So why don’t Americans cheat? Because they think that their system is legitimate. People accept authority when they see that it treats everyone equally, when it is possible to speak up and be heard, and when there are rules in place that assure you that tomorrow you won’t be treated radically different from how you are treated today. Legitimacy is based on fairness, voice and predictability, and the U.S. government, as much as Americans like to grumble about it, does a pretty good job of meeting all three standards. Pg. 293 . Malcolm Gladwell
If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me.
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W.h. Auden
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Bell Hooks
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C. Joybell C.
The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.
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Eric Berne
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Rai Aren
More Quotes By Malcolm Gladwell
Those three things - autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward - are, most people will agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying.
Hard work is only a prison sentence when you lack motivation
The people who stand before kings may look like they did it all by themselves. But in fact they are invariably the beneficiaries of hidden advantages and extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to learn and work hard and make sense of the...
The striking thing about Ericsson’s study is that he and his colleagues couldn’t find any ‘naturals, ’ musicians who floated effortlessly to the top while practicing a fraction of the time their peers did. Nor could they find any ‘grinds, ’ people who worked harder...
Hard world is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.
