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“Those who engage in public corrections of this sort often are looking to feel good about themselves, and, according to Benoît Monin, a psychology professor at Stanford University, displays of language all-knowing-ness provide a ready-made, two-pronged opportunity to do so. ‘The way we evaluate our competence is relative to other people,’ he says. ‘If I need to feel good about my language skills, one way that I could do that would be to give myself evidence that my language skills are awesome. Another is to give myself evidence that other people’s language skills suck. So by putting down other people, I can feel better about myself.’”

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“Nothing is ever their fault—someone else is always to blame.”

— Dr. Les Carter

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“The victim role is a powerful one for narcissists; it shields them from blame and garners the attention they crave.”

— Dr. Ramani Durvasula

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“The value of art lies in its power to inspire, not in its price tag.”

— Unknown

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“Money doesn’t change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out, that’s all.”

— Henry Ford

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Stop Making Stupid People Famous.