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“Here's a confession: I hate parenting books. I hate the ones that are earnest and repetitive.”

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Moses became America's true founding father because he evangelized action; he justified risk. He gave ordinary people the courage to live with uncertainty.

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Even Superman's name reflects his creators' biblical knowledge.

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But humans disappoint. Adam, in tasting the fruit, indicates that he prefers Eve to God, so God banishes them.

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The way to tell a really big story, I think, is to tell a really small story.

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The key idea of agile is that teams essentially manage themselves. ... It works in software, and it turns out that it works with kids.

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The bottom line: if you want a happier family, create, refine and retell the story of your family's positive moments and your ability to…

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Knowing more about family history is the single biggest predictor of a child's emotional well-being. Grandparents can play a special role in this process,…

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“A meta-analysis of sixty-six studies completed in 1992 found that mothers who have more support from grandmothers have less stress and more well-adjusted children.…

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The bottom line: If you want a happier family, bring those skeletons out of the closet.

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I think that most of the action in religion is around the home, is in families, and is in individual lives, and they can…

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My name is Bruce Feiler, and I'm an explainaholic. I first heard this word used to describe Isaac Asimov, and I knew instantly that…

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When I was growing up, I, like many Jews, cheered what appeared to be the receding of faith from everyday life. The further religion…

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The Rosary is the book of the blind.

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I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books.

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There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.

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The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy.

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