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By pushing the problem into the future you don’t solve it.

“By pushing the problem into the future you don’t solve it.” — Jeanette Winterson, The Art of Fiction No. 150, the Paris Review (Winter 1997)

Author YahooeyPosted on November 24, 2020November 16, 2020Categories QuotationsTags avoidance, Jeanette Winterson, Paris Review, Problem, solution, The Art of Fiction, The Art of Fiction No. 150, the Paris Review2 Comments on Quote of the Day

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The obvious is better than obvious avoidance of it.

“The obvious is better than obvious avoidance of it.” — Henry Watson Fowler, A Dictionary Of Modern English Usage

Author YahooeyPosted on April 24, 2020April 18, 2020Categories QuotationsTags avoidance, Henry Watson Fowler, obvious3 Comments on Quote of the Day

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When faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution.

“When faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution.” — Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

Author YahooeyPosted on November 4, 2018October 17, 2018Categories QuotationsTags avoidance, Daniel Kahneman, difficult choices, difficult questions, easy way out, substitution, Thinking Fast and SlowLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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If we are uncritical we shall always find what we want: we shall look for, and find, confirmations, and we shall look away from, and not see, whatever might be dangerous to our pet theories.

“If we are uncritical we shall always find what we want: we shall look for, and find, confirmations, and we shall look away from, and not see, whatever might be dangerous to our pet theories.” — Karl Popper, The Poverty of Historicism

Author YahooeyPosted on April 5, 2018March 29, 2018Categories QuotationsTags avoidance, confirmation bias, Karl Popper, pet theories, The Poverty of Historicism, uncriticalLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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We're addicted to stories that can help us make conversation and take our minds off our own problems.

“We’re addicted to stories that can help us make conversation and take our minds off our own problems.” — Dave Pell, “Punching The Golden Ticket“ (2016-08-30)

Author YahooeyPosted on September 3, 2016November 19, 2019Categories QuotationsTags avoidance, conversation, Dave Pell, distraction, gossip, problems, storiesLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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The problem you can't talk about is now two problems.

“The problem you can’t talk about is now two problems.” — Seth Godin, The problem you can’t talk about

Author YahooeyPosted on May 20, 2016May 17, 2016Categories QuotationsTags avoidance, problems, Seth Godin, The problem you can't talk about4 Comments on Quote of the Day

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Many people who avoid talking to one another are the people that need to be engaged in conversation the most.

“Many people who avoid talking to one another are the people that need to be engaged in conversation the most.” — John Hoover, The Art of Constructive Confrontation

Author YahooeyPosted on July 16, 2015June 21, 2015Categories QuotationsTags avoidance, confrontation, John HooverLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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“It came to him merely to run away was folly, because he could never run away from himself.” — Sinclair Lewis

It came to him merely to run away was folly, because he could never run away from himself.

“It came to him merely to run away was folly, because he could never run away from himself.” — Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt

Author YahooeyPosted on October 29, 2013November 4, 2019Categories QuotationsTags avoidance, Babbitt, Sinclair Lewis2 Comments on Quote of the Day

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