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I favor free trade in drugs for the same reason the Founding Fathers favored free trade in ideas: in a free society…
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Men love liberty because it protects them from control and humiliation by others, thus affording them the possibility of dignity; they loathe…
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I submit that the traditional definition of psychiatry, which is still vogue, places it alongside such things as alchemy and astrology, and…
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We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to dominate or to master, so as to…
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If he who breaks the law is not punished, he who obeys it is cheated. This, and this alone, is why lawbreakers…
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Self-respect is to the soul as oxygen is to the body. Deprive a person of oxygen, and you kill his body; deprive…
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We achieve active mastery over illness and death by delegating all responsibility for their management to physicians, and by exiling the sick…
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Addiction, obesity, starvation (anorexia nervosa) are political problems, not psychiatric: each condense and expresses a contest between the individual and some other…
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Had the white settlers in North America called the natives 'Americans' instead of 'Indians', the early Americans could not have said that…
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Traditionally, sex has been a very private, secretive activity. Herein perhaps lies its powerful force for uniting people in a strong bond.…
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Sex is a body-contact sport. It is safe to watch but more fun to play.
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Masturbation: the primary sexual activity of mankind. In the nineteenth century it was a disease; in the twentieth, it's a cure.
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There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent…
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I would be a fool to deny my own abilities.
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Men love liberty because it protects them from control and humiliation by others, thus affording them the possibility of dignity; they loathe…
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Men who have flattered themselves into this opinion of their own abilities, look down on all who waste their lives over books,…
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Women systematically underestimate their own abilities.
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Trust is not about being comfortable. It is about being willing to move beyond your comfort zone when there is absolutely no…
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For there is nothing quite so terror-inducing as the loss of sleep. It creates phantoms and doubts, causes one to questions one's…
— Charlie Huston
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The disillusionment with our own abilities is, perhaps, one of the most important things that can ever happen to us.
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Beware of your definition of success: If it has more to do with what other people think of you than it does…
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What happens when we begin to praise our own abilities? And this is not focusing on an inflated ego, but on appreciation…
— John Templeton
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I believe that if you have faith in your own abilities then in the end others will have faith in them too,…
— Chuck Grassley
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As we've seen the rise of cultural, environmental and educational tourism in adventure travel, we've also seen the rise of female participation.…
— Christopher Doyle
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