“The hallmark of the true believer is that there’s no room for judgment. For everyone else, misgivings are a sign that you’re carefully considering the problem at hand.” — Seth Godin, “Misgivings,” Seth’s Blog (2020-10-26)
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“Looking back, I can discern a kind of gaseous exchange in which I exuded cleverness and gradually absorbed better judgment.” — Barbara Kingsolver, “How to be Hopeful,” Commencement Address, Duke University (2008-05-11)
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“Those who lack humor are without judgment and should be trusted with nothing.” — Clive James, The Crystal Bucket
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“So numerous indeed and so powerful are the causes which serve to give a false bias to the judgment, that we, upon many occasions, see wise and good men on the wrong as well as on the right side of questions of the first magnitude to society. This circumstance, if duly attended to, would furnish a lesson of moderation to those who are ever so much persuaded of their being in the right in any controversy.” — Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 1, Independent Journal (1787-10-27)
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“Wit and judgment often are at strife.” — Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism
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“A mistake in judgment isn’t fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is.” — Pauline Kael, “Zeitgeist and Poltergeist; or, Are Movies Going to Pieces?” (December 1964)
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“To aspire to be superhuman is a most discreditable admission that you lack the guts, the wit, the moderating judgment to be successfully and consummately human.” — Aldous Huxley, “Spinoza’s Worm,” Do What You Will
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“Tolerance itself is not enough, for it still implies judgment.” — Marianne Williamson, “May Freedom Ring, Even On This Sad Day,” Blog (2012-08-05)
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