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With enough mental gymnastics, just about any fact can become misshapen in favor to one's confirmation bias.


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CRISS JAMI The real trouble begins when confirmation bias distorts your active pursuit of facts.
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JIMMY SMITS The abuse of state resources in favor of the prime minister continued, as well as an overwhelming me...
BRUCE GEORGE He's a very good student of gymnastics. Some guys aren't students. They're just here to compete in g...
FRANCIS ALLEN If there is a bias toward judicial supremacy, it's best that we know this now, in advance of a confi...
MARK LEVIN I'm friends with Criss Angel. Criss has offered me a million times to go downstairs and see the ...
TRIPLE H On the throne of the world, any delusion can become fact.
GORE VIDAL In fact, his answers combined with his record can only lead us to the conclusion that the confirmati...
KAREN PEARL It's always nice to have confirmation that you can compete with the younger guys. I'm very happy abo...
LARS MICHAELSEN Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.
BILL CLINTON With the probable cases, we've received enough information to classify them by symptoms as mumps, bu...
JOAN SAUNDERS It’s never about how many tears you’ve cried, but rather about the fact that you are open enough...
DEBORAH SIMPSON Just as you can be for health care reform without having any animosity toward nurses, you can be in ...
IRA MEHLMAN We must find enough confirmations in order to justify our beliefs
SUNDAY ADELAJA We're in favor of any program that can give our books more exposure.
ADAM ROTHBERG As people's opportunities to succumb to confirmation bias increases online - only seeking out in...
MAAJID NAWAZ You are beginning to see that any man to whom you can do favor is your friend, and that you can do a...
MARK CAINE Whichever group is in ascension at a given moment is, historically speaking, both unlikely to acknow...
ELIZABETH BEAR You can't help but reveal your bias, and you can't but invest personally in any story that y...
EDWARD ZWICK Merely through the constant need to ward off, one can become weak enough to be unable to defend ones...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE I just want to continue with gymnastics because I'm still young and fresh. I think can get some ...
GABBY DOUGLAS It is a well known fact that reality has liberal bias.
STEPHEN COLBERT Everyone who is alive can find something to be grateful for if they look for it. If you are among th...
GUDJON BERGMANN The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor...
ROBERT COLLIER You don’t need any confirmation if you are already in the spirit
SUNDAY ADELAJA Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE It's a form of mental and verbal gymnastics, and one of the things that appeals to me most about...
SID WADDELL Any cartoon that can be liked by a committee is really not worth drawing; in fact, must not be drawn...
MICHAEL LEUNIG If you are thinking about buying a particular make of new car, you suddenly see people driving that ...
DAVID MCRANEY If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do the...
DOROTHY PARKER Daily confession;No matter how tough things may become,I shall endeavor to develop my mental capacit...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Standing on the podium at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and receiving a gold medal was the crown...
DOMINIQUE MOCEANU I don't think that I would always be asked about my feelings about liberal bias in the media if ...
DANA PERINO Public stigma
Stereotype Negative belief about a group (e.g., dangerousness, incompetence, cha...
MATTHEW W. CORRIGAN Well, one of my favorite ones to work on - besides just about any scene from 'Deadwood' - wa...
GARRET DILLAHUNT You explore the negative vibe hoping to expose a bias upon which the court may act in your favor. Or...
EROLL SKYERS This is just another confirmation that redistricting brought about fair representation for the peopl...
DAN ALLEN I'm not in favor of the death penalty. But I'm in favor of locking these people away in maxi...
JOHN GRISHAM However, I am willing to hear what you can produce from Scripture in favor of any kind of slavery.
SAMUEL HOPKINS When you are getting ready to become a mom, being in love with someone just isn't enough. You ne...
CINDY CRAWFORD The ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world are the ones who do.
JOHN MCAFEE We tend to accept information that confirms our prior beliefs and ignore or discredit information th...
KYLE HILL I was the only person she knew on campus that knew anything about gymnastics. That and she couldn't ...
DAVID PATTERSON As is always the way with pancakes, the first hotcake to come out of the pan will probably be a bit ...
YOTAM OTTOLENGHI We're just trying to see what Aaron can do. We feel like we've got a good idea what (sophomore) Zach...
LOU ANARUMO Nobody has been willing to stick their neck out about when we'll see a tech recovery and there's no ...
MARC KLEE I think this is going to become a state-by-state issue, with legislation in 49 states -- not all in ...
JAY SEKULOW We just want ballplayers. I don't get caught up in positions. I think Steve is strong enough to guar...
LARRY BROWN Just imagine, among 8.7 million species, only one has become smart enough to ponder over the meaning...
ABHIJIT NASKAR Guilt can interfere with our desires to move forward, to heal properly and to become a person who ha...
BRYANT MCGILL Art is a subject that is inundated with opinions. In fact, that's all it is about is opinions.
CHICK COREA I think our first three can run with just about any first three around.
JOE FRANKLIN The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings
THOMAS SOWELL In football, you're dealing with grown men. In gymnastics, you're dealing with prepubescent ...
DOMINIQUE MOCEANU On television, I tried to absolutely hew to the middle of the road and not show any prejudice or bia...
WALTER CRONKITE I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percu...
JACKIE DESHANNON you can turn anything in your favor with your state of mind
MUZAFFAR ABBAS I’m going to my room,” Jessie Kay called. “Y’all do me a favor and argue loud enough so I ca...
GENA SHOWALTER It's energizing, calming and promotes focus. A lot of people are passionate about the practice. They...
DARREN RHODES From just being comfortable to have seen the large crowd. It's the same gymnastics; it's just in a d...
BECKIE ROLBIECKI Even if the scoreboard has us hitting 20 hits in a game, as long as we have those five or six in a r...
ARACELIS TORRES That's just a lot of nonsense. It points to the fact that he does not have any issues to talk about.
HAROLD TAYLOR We just received confirmation from [a WHO-affiliated laboratory in] Hong Kong that they were infecte...
ILHAM PATU Because up to sixteen years old you feel gymnastics more. You can show your emotion, grace, like wom...
OLGA KORBUT It would behoove the world to become used to this fact: that without a just solution to the Palestin...
HUSSEIN OF JORDAN Cover this confirmation process with prayer. When they make it harder for us to pray, we just pray h...
ZELL MILLER Cover this confirmation process with prayer, ... When they make it harder for us to pray, we just pr...
ZELL MILLER Just about any industry you can imagine is going to be impacted in some way,
DEREK BROWN Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives ra...
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SUSAN FALUDI I know it may seem small and insignificant, but it's not about what it is, it's about what it can be...
DR. SEUSS Up through my freshman year, I just loved gymnastics. As a sophomore, then my junior and senior year...
EMILIE RYMER (Doublethink) to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary a...
GEORGE ORWELL I love you sons of bitches. You’re all I read any more. You're the only ones who’ll talk all abo...
KURT VONNEGUT The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.
BELA KAROLYI You become an expert by working hard. We've got fantastic museums, collections and antique shows...
JUDITH MILLER You're not really familiar with the surroundings. Gymnastics is all about spotting and awareness, an...
CHAD BUCZEK I have just received confirmation from Hong Kong.
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BEN WHISHAW Some of the people we're going to help out are some of the ones who came over and helped us out afte...
BILL DICKSON When I thought about having the greatest impact with my life, I thought about all the times people l...
ELIZABETH HOLMES Over the years you encounter just about every kind of crime. It doesn't harden you, but you beco...
CATHERINE CRIER We're not conceding anything. In fact, I think the court of appeals would render in our favor.
GARY YOUNG If you give me enough time, enough leash, I can become pretty reasonable.
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HARRY LAMB Government agencies are supposed to provide services and accurate information to all people, not jus...
JODY M. HUCKABY It's a favor for a friend, not a serious analysis of who's the best candidate. Voters are smart enou...
JIM HAGGERTY In fact, I hope he's here long enough that he can eventually take my job.
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EDNA O'BRIEN I used to do gymnastics and wrestling. It always seemed like girls got pushed around, so then I just...
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CRISS JAMI To love without need or without expectation of restitution, that is how we ought to love.
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CRISS JAMI A common mistake we make is that we look for God in places where we ourselves wish to find him, yet ...
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CRISS JAMI The man who is most aggressive in teaching tolerance is the most intolerant of all: he wants a world...
CRISS JAMI Simply minding one's own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word...
CRISS JAMI When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie.
CRISS JAMI Man is not, by nature, deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entit...
CRISS JAMI If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beau...
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CRISS JAMI To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy eno...
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CRISS JAMI With too much pride a man cannot learn a thing. In and of itself, learning teaches you how foolish y...
CRISS JAMI If love is blind, then maybe a blind person that loves has a greater understanding of it.
CRISS JAMI To esteem what makes you holy over what makes you happy - that is the greatest dare.
CRISS JAMI One of the biggest contradictions in self-proclaimed open-mindedness is to say that we're all one bu...
CRISS JAMI Today's zealots are mostly those pretending to be anti-religious.
CRISS JAMI I will never deny that life isn't fair. It seems as though when a woman leaves a man she is strong a...
CRISS JAMI The internet is where some people go to show their true intelligence; others, their hidden stupidity...
CRISS JAMI Jealousy from a love affair is something even God can admit.
CRISS JAMI Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer s...
CRISS JAMI Intelligence entails a strong mind, but genius entails a heart of a lion in tune with a strong mind.
CRISS JAMI To me it seems that too many young women of this time share the same creed. 'Live, laugh, love, be n...
CRISS JAMI You have to lift a person up before you can really put them in their place.
CRISS JAMI Have nuts and be nuts.
CRISS JAMI Confidence turns into pride only when you are in denial of your mistakes.
CRISS JAMI To be truly positive in the eyes of some, you have to risk appearing negative in the eyes of others.
CRISS JAMI If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and...
CRISS JAMI The problem is politics is made a sport, almost as much a sport as football or baseball. When it com...
CRISS JAMI As followers of Christ, we are to be careful not to remain victims of the many cultural presuppositi...
CRISS JAMI My belief is that, morally, God and Satan are vaguely on the same page. According to the common unde...
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