मुझे लगता है कि यह एक अमेरिकी अभिशाप है कि हम में से ज्यादातर लोग खुद को कुछ खास समझते हैं... हर कोई यह मानता है कि वह किसी न किसी रूप में आम जनता से बेहतर है। कभी-कभी यह उनका रूप-रंग होता है, कभी उनका कथित सेक्स अपील (जो अक्सर उनके रूप-रंग के बिल्कुल उलट होता है), और कभी-कभी अभिनय, लेखन, चित्रकारी या ड्रम बजाने की उनकी वास्तविक या काल्पनिक प्रतिभा होती है। और चूँकि लोग मक्खन बाज़ी और झूठी तारीफ़ के बहुत जल्दी झांसे में आ जाते हैं, इसलिए ऐसे ठगों का पूरा उद्योग मौजूद है जिनका एकमात्र मक़सद ऐसे लोगों को बेवकूफ बनाकर लूटना होता है।
I think it's an American curse that most of us think we are special. ... everyone believes themselves to be superior to the majority of the population in some way. Sometimes it's their looks, other times their perceived sex appeal (often in obvious defiance of their looks), and other times it is their real or imagined talent for acting, writing, painting or banging on the drums. And because people are so susceptible to flattery, there exists an entire industry made up of scam artists whose sole goal is to fleece the flatterable.
I think it's an American curse that most of us think we are special. ... everyone believes themselves to be superior to the majority of the population in some way. Sometimes it's their looks, other times their perceived sex appeal (often in obvious defiance of their looks), and other times it is their real or imagined talent for acting, writing, painting or banging on the drums. And because people are so susceptible to flattery, there exists an entire industry made up of scam artists whose sole goal is to fleece the flatterable.
[रूढ़िवादिता के बारे में:] यह बहुत सारी जानकारी को तुरंत प्रोसेस करने का दिमागी तरीका है। अगर हमें कोई भी फैसला लेने से पहले डेटा के हर एक हिस्से को छानना पड़े, तो ज़्यादातर लोग रात को घर लौटने के वक्त तक अपने घर के दरवाजे से बाहर ही निकल रहे होते हैं।
[On stereotyping:] It's the mind's way of processing a lot of information quickly. If we had to sort through every bit of data before making a decision, most folks would still be going out the front door when it was time to come home for the night.
[On stereotyping:] It's the mind's way of processing a lot of information quickly. If we had to sort through every bit of data before making a decision, most folks would still be going out the front door when it was time to come home for the night.
जब तक लॉटरी जैसी चीज़ें मौजूद हैं, हम अमेरिकी जनता को यह उम्मीद रखनी ही होगी कि बिना कुछ किए सब कुछ मिल जाएगा।
as long as there is a lottery, we the people of the United States must believe in getting something for nothing.
as long as there is a lottery, we the people of the United States must believe in getting something for nothing.