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David Brooks Quote: “Today, teachers tend to look for their students’ intellectual strengths, so they can cultivate them. But a century ago, professors tended to look for their students’ moral weaknesses, so they could correct them.”

251. “Today, teachers tend to look for their students’ intellectual strengths, so they can cultivate them. But a century ago, professors tended to look for their students’ moral weaknesses, so they could correct them.”

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David Brooks Quote: “You did it instead because you reordered your loves, and as Augustine says again and again, you become what you love.”

252. “You did it instead because you reordered your loves, and as Augustine says again and again, you become what you love.”

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David Brooks Quote: “People who give money in large amount in politics are basically not altruistic.”

253. “People who give money in large amount in politics are basically not altruistic.”

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David Brooks Quote: “We have the choice to choose how we’re going to educate our emotions.”

254. “We have the choice to choose how we’re going to educate our emotions.”

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David Brooks Quote: “Since 2005, a majority of Americans, according to the Gallup poll, have said it was wrong and a mistake to go into Iraq.”

255. “Since 2005, a majority of Americans, according to the Gallup poll, have said it was wrong and a mistake to go into Iraq.”

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David Brooks Quote: “There are plenty of team players in government who do whatever the leader says. There are too few difficult members, who have complicated minds, unusual perspectives, the toughness to withstand the party-line barrages and a practical interest in producing results.”

256. “There are plenty of team players in government who do whatever the leader says. There are too few difficult members, who have complicated minds, unusual perspectives, the toughness to withstand the party-line barrages and a practical interest in producing results.”

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David Brooks Quote: “The drugs are just growing all around the country, and so, it all feeds into problems that are not just urban, but are just spread throughout the country.”

257. “The drugs are just growing all around the country, and so, it all feeds into problems that are not just urban, but are just spread throughout the country.”

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David Brooks Quote: “Her genius derives from the fact that she was capable of the deepest feeling but also of the most discerning and disciplined thought.”

258. “Her genius derives from the fact that she was capable of the deepest feeling but also of the most discerning and disciplined thought.”

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David Brooks Quote: “I think the presidency is a bad way to measure the effective campaign finance, because in the presidency, there is so much publicity, there’s so much money floating around.”

259. “I think the presidency is a bad way to measure the effective campaign finance, because in the presidency, there is so much publicity, there’s so much money floating around.”

— David Brooks

David Brooks Quote: “New is America’s oldest tradition.”

260. “New is America’s oldest tradition.”

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David Brooks Quote: “Economists sometimes do try to reduce behavior to law-like predictability. But people respond differently to different primes, to different contexts even from one moment to the next. We possess multiple selves that are aroused by different circumstances.”

261. “Economists sometimes do try to reduce behavior to law-like predictability. But people respond differently to different primes, to different contexts even from one moment to the next. We possess multiple selves that are aroused by different circumstances.”

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David Brooks Quote: “I want to try to make big films that hopefully connect with people.”

262. “I want to try to make big films that hopefully connect with people.”

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David Brooks Quote: “But they found that the traits that correlated most powerfully with success were attention to detail, persistence, efficiency, analytical thoroughness, and the ability to work long hours. That is to say, the ability to organize and execute.”

263. “But they found that the traits that correlated most powerfully with success were attention to detail, persistence, efficiency, analytical thoroughness, and the ability to work long hours. That is to say, the ability to organize and execute.”

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David Brooks Quote: “In 1948, psychologists asked more than 10,000 adolescents whether they considered themselves to be a very important person. At that point, 12 percent said yes. The same question was asked in 2003, and this time it wasn’t 12 percent who considered themselves very important, it was 80 percent.”

264. “In 1948, psychologists asked more than 10,000 adolescents whether they considered themselves to be a very important person. At that point, 12 percent said yes. The same question was asked in 2003, and this time it wasn’t 12 percent who considered themselves very important, it was 80 percent.”

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David Brooks Quote: “The job of the wise person is to swallow the frustration and just go on setting an example of caring and digging and diligence in their own lives. What a wise person teaches is the smallest part of what they give. The totality of their life, of the way they go about it in the smallest details, is what gets transmitted. Never forget.”

265. “The job of the wise person is to swallow the frustration and just go on setting an example of caring and digging and diligence in their own lives. What a wise person teaches is the smallest part of what they give. The totality of their life, of the way they go about it in the smallest details, is what gets transmitted. Never forget.”

— David Brooks

David Brooks Quote: “Deciding whom to love is an inherently emotional business.”

266. “Deciding whom to love is an inherently emotional business.”

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David Brooks Quote: “Fewer people today see artists as oracles and novels as a form of revelation.”

267. “Fewer people today see artists as oracles and novels as a form of revelation.”

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