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We all make mistakes, hurt and disappoint people, get hurt and get disappointed. Dont get caught up in the past, learn from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At this day . . . the earth sustains on her bosom many monster minds, minds which are not afraid to employ… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Leadership is a word and a concept that has been more argued than almost any other I know. I am not one… — Dwight David Eisenhower Copy Share Image
There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift them up… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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“There are several important remarks which can be made about this 'absolute emptiness' and 'absolute nothingness'. First of all, we now know,… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
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Ye whose clay-cold heads and luke-warm hearts can argue down or mask your passions--tell me, what trespass is it that man should… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
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“Many cultural stories worldwide present the domination system as the only human alternative. Fairy tales romanticize the rule of kings and queens… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
“guesstimate = better than a guess but not as guaranteed as an estimate... i.e. It's simply a calculated forecast based on probability,… — A.A. Bell Copy Share Image
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Some people think that evolutionary psychology claims to have discovered that human nature is selfish and wicked. But they are flattering the… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Just as the commander of an army pitches his camp, studies the strength and defenses of a fortress, and then attacks it… — Ignatius of Loyola Copy Share Image
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Anything's possible in Human Nature," Chacko said in his Reading Aloud voice. Talking to the darkness now, suddenly insensitive to his little… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
But he who has been earnest in the love of knowledge and of true wisdom, and has exercised his intellect more than… — Plato Copy Share Image
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