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Decision Quote

When you are asked what you think about something, your answer is often based on what you feel about it - Daniel Kahneman
It means our "rational" thoughts are frequently just emotional reactions in disguise. We feel first, and then we construct a logical-sounding story to justify that feeling.
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Quotes about experience

The remembering self and the experiencing self often disagree about what makes life pleasant or meaningful - Daniel Kahneman
It means the part of you that *lives* an experience and the part of you that *remembers* it later have completely different, and often conflicting, opinions on what was actually enjoyable or meaningful.
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Quotes about experience

The experiencing self does not remember well, and the remembering self does not know how you felt in the moment - Daniel Kahneman
It means we have two different "selves" inside us: one that lives through an experience moment-by-moment, and another that later tells the story of that experience. And they often disagree completely.
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Wise advice on emotion general

Your emotions are not about what happens to you, but about how you interpret what happens to you - Daniel Kahneman
The core message is that events themselves are neutral. It's the story we tell ourselves about those events, our personal, instant, and often unconscious interpretation, that directly creates our emotional response.