“This is how life works. Deciding whom to love is not an alien form of decision-making, a romantic interlude in the midst of normal life. Instead, decisions about whom to love are more intens...”
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American journalist, commentator and editor "David Brooks is one of the nation’s leading writers and commentators. He is an op-ed columnist for *The New York Times*, a writer for *The Atlantic*, and appears regularly on *PBS Newshour*. He is the bestselling author of *The Second Mountain, The Road to Character, The Social Animal, Bobos in Paradise*, and *On Paradise Drive*." --Penguin Random House
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“This is how life works. Deciding whom to love is not an alien form of decision-making, a romantic interlude in the midst of normal life. Instead, decisions about whom to love are more intens...”
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“I’ve come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other people, experiences, or tasks. It happens some...”
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“I think the rampant individualism of our current culture is a catastrophe. The emphasis on self—individual success, self-fulfillment, individual freedom, self-actualization—is a catastrophe.”
“Learning was a by-product of her search for pleasure”
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“People used to complain that selling a president was like selling a bar of soap. But when you buy soap, at least you get the soap. In this campaign you just get two guys telling you they rea...”
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“This death cult has no reason and is beyond negotiation. This is what makes it so frightening. This is what causes so many to engage in a sort of mental diversion. They don't want to confron...”
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“To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.”
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