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“Along with the concept of American Dream runs the notion that every man and woman is entitled to an opinion and to one vote, no matter how ridiculous that opinion might be or how uninformed the vote. It could be that the Borderer Presbyterian tradition of "stand up and say your rightful piece" contributed to the American notion that our gut-level but uninformed opinions are some sort of unvarnished foundational political truths. I have been told that this is because we redneck working-class Scots Irish suffer from what psychiatrists call "no insight".Consequently, we will never agree with anyone outside our zone of ignorance because our belligerent Borderer pride insists on the right to be dangerously wrong about everything while telling those who are more educated to "bite my ass!”

Humor Insightful Rednecks

Book:Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War

Source: Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War

“There are stories that are true, in which each individual's tale is unique and tragic, and the worst of the tragedy is that we have heard it before, and we cannot allow ourselves to feel it too deeply. We build a shell around it, like an oyster dealing with a painful particle of grit, coating it with smooth pearl layers in order to cope. - American Gods, Coming to America”

Philosophy Of Life Insightful Americangods

Book:American Gods: Tenth Anniversary

Source: American Gods: Tenth Anniversary

“The phone rang. It was a familiar voice. It was Alan Greenspan. Paul O'Neill had tried to stay in touch with people who had served under Gerald Ford, and he'd been reasonably conscientious about it. Alan Greenspan was the exception. In his case, the effort was constant and purposeful. When Greenspan was the chairman of Ford's Council of Economic Advisers, and O'Neill was number two at OMB, they had become a kind of team. Never social so much. They never talked about families or outside interests. It was all about ideas: Medicare financing or block grants - a concept that O'Neill basically invented to balance federal power and local autonomy - or what was really happening in the economy. It became clear that they thought well together. President Ford used to have them talk about various issues while he listened. After a while, each knew how the other's mind worked, the way married couples do. In the past fifteen years, they'd made a point of meeting every few months. It could be in New York, or Washington, or Pittsburgh. They talked about everything, just as always. Greenspan, O'Neill told a friend, "doesn't have many people who don't want something from him, who will talk straight to him. So that's what we do together - straight talk." O'Neill felt some straight talk coming in. "Paul, I'll be blunt. We really need you down here," Greenspan said. "There is a real chance to make lasting changes. We could be a team at the key moment, to do the things we've always talked about." The jocular tone was gone. This was a serious discussion. They digressed into some things they'd "always talked about," especially reforming Medicare and Social Security. For Paul and Alan, the possibility of such bold reinventions bordered on fantasy, but fantasy made real. "We have an extraordinary opportunity," Alan said. Paul noticed that he seemed oddly anxious. "Paul, your presence will be an enormous asset in the creation of sensible policy." Sensible policy. This was akin to prayer from Greenspan. O'Neill, not expecting such conviction from his old friend, said little. After a while, he just thanked Alan. He said he always respected his counsel. He said he was thinking hard about it, and he'd call as soon as he decided what to do. The receiver returned to its cradle. He thought about Greenspan. They were young men together in the capital. Alan stayed, became the most noteworthy Federal Reserve Bank chairman in modern history and, arguably the most powerful public official of the past two decades. O'Neill left, led a corporate army, made a fortune, and learned lessons - about how to think and act, about the importance of outcomes - that you can't ever learn in a government. But, he supposed, he'd missed some things. There were always trade-offs. Talking to Alan reminded him of that. Alan and his wife, Andrea Mitchell, White House correspondent for NBC news, lived a fine life. They weren't wealthy like Paul and Nancy. But Alan led a life of highest purpose, a life guided by inquiry. Paul O'Neill picked up the telephone receiver, punched the keypad. "It's me," he said, always his opening. He started going into the details of his trip to New York from Washington, but he's not much of a phone talker - Nancy knew that - and the small talk trailed off. "I think I'm going to have to do this." She was quiet. "You know what I think," she said. She knew him too well, maybe. How bullheaded he can be, once he decides what's right. How he had loved these last few years as a sovereign, his own man. How badly he was suited to politics, as it was being played. And then there was that other problem: she'd almost always been right about what was best for him. "Whatever, Paul. I'm behind you. If you don't do this, I guess you'll always regret it." But it was clearly about what he wanted, what he needed. Paul thanked her. Though somehow a thank-you didn't seem appropriate. And then he realized she was crying.”

Insightful Biography Commentary Political History Alan Greenspan Paul O Neill

Book:The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill

Source: The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill

“The map is not the territory," Snicket's chaperon advises him. "That's an expression which means the world does not match the picture in our heads.”

Insightful Worldview Lemony Snicket Who Could That Be At This Hour

Book:Who Could That Be at This Hour?

Source: Who Could That Be at This Hour?

“Hers was the unconscious tyranny of inexorable great expectations.”

Insightful High Expectations

Book:Pilgrim's Inn

Source: Pilgrim's Inn

“Your pain made you strong. It made you passionate and alive. It made us both who we are. -Cade”

Life Insightful Cora Carmack

Book:Faking It

Source: Faking It

“If your loved one is done fighting, respect that, let them go.”

Truth Support Struggle Cancer Illness Wellness Insightful Diagnosis Cancer Diagnosis Oncology

Book:Voices of Cancer: What We Really Want, What We Really Need

Source: Voices of Cancer: What We Really Want, What We Really Need

“Blaming yourself makes you feel in control of a situation. It makes you feel safe. If it’s Eton’s fault for this, then your brain tells you that he has the power. That’s scary. If he has the power, he could do it again, and it’s out of your control. So your brain twists things so you don’t feel so vulnerable. If you did this, then you could’ve stopped it. You can control whether it happens again. But you know that’s not true.”

Wisdom Intelligence Insightful Emotional Intelligence Psychoanalysis Understanding Yourself Truth Of The Matter Carmichael Family Adriana Locke

Book:Fling

Source: Fling

“We're prisoners here." "What would Jack do, Belle?" When did he become the insightful one? She mock pouted. "I suppose he would figure out some super clever way around it." The Beast looked at her with wry amusement. "Since you're the clever one here and haven't come up with a cunning plan, I was going to suggest brute force. Like we're a castle under siege, fighting them off. That's what I know." "That's a fair point," she ceded, smiling. "We should... round up everything sharp and cutting," he said. "And hammers and mallets to smash the panes between them." "Yes, sir, prince general, sir," Belle said, saluting him with a sparkle in her eye.”

Insightful Belle Beauty And The Beast Belle And Adam

Book:As Old as Time

Source: As Old as Time

“Ghel the gold horned unicorn is empathic and can sense the emotions of other unicorns. A touch of her horn on another’s heart make them feel better. Gold has many every day uses but 80% of newly mined or recycled gold is still used in jewelry manufacture.”

Science Fun Magic Insightful Metals Unicorns Periodic Table Resource Cute Songs

Book:Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented Alphabetically by the Metal Horn Unicorns

Source: Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented Alphabetically by the Metal Horn Unicorns

“It’s an exciting time to dive into the world of the lesser-known elements like actinides and see what unique possibilities forward-thinkers have envisioned for them. Americium is named after the Americas because it sits directly below europium on the periodic table, which was named after Europe.”

Science Fun Magic Insightful Minerals Unicorns Periodic Table Resource Children S Picture Book Cute Songs

Book:Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented By The Actinide Knights

Source: Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented By The Actinide Knights

“I hand over a lot of things when I'm home. Mom tells me she doesn't like my shirt I want to buy, and I hand it over. Not the shirt itself, but my wish for that shirt. I want to watch one television show and she wants to watch another one -I hand that over too. It's easier that way. I even hand over my toenails when she asks. But I think sometimes you need to put a thing in a box -even if the box is inside your head -and store it away for yourself.”

Insightful Mentality Words To Live By Moti

Book:The Hidden Summer

Source: The Hidden Summer

“Effective decision-making can be seen as an optimal link between memory of the past, ground-realities of the present and insights of the future.”

Leadership Decision Making Insightful Leadership Development Leadership Traits Insights Ground Reality Ground Realities Ground Truth

Book:Mindfulness Meditation for Corporate Leadership and Management

Source: Mindfulness Meditation for Corporate Leadership and Management

“First, we recognize that thoughts are options, not commands. Our heart pumps blood throughout the body, like how thoughts arise in relation to our brain activity. It is easy to be swayed by the illusion that you are just the content of your thoughts, but you are also the process that can transcend and guide them. They are options, just information to be considered, not who you are.”

Inspirational Science Nature Psychology Meditation Mindfulness Insightful

Book:7 Principles of Nature: How We Strayed and How We Return