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““We are utterly convinced that all our notions spring full blown, as if by magic, from our own unique selves. At””

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I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.

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To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

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No one can control the aging process or the trajectory of illness.

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“Further discomfort from these new realities afflicts men who expected to reach a certain level by dint of their white maleness but who now…

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I dare to do things - that's how I survive.

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Spontaneity, the hallmark of childhood, is well worth cultivating to counteract the rigidity that may otherwise set in as we grow older.

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By listening, by caring, by playing you back to yourself, friends ratify your better instincts and endorse your unique worth. Friends validate you.

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The first thing one notices about Jill Abramson is her short stature. The second is her intensity.

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“Ignorant of our own and our mate’s inner life, we are ruled largely by external forces at this stage.”

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Family caregiving has become a predictable crisis. Americans are living longer and longer but dying slower and slower.

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“The other real forces urging young people into marriages generally sift down to one of the following: the need for safety, the need to…

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I'd visually have that idea. I'm diving off the end of the diving board. I'm not going to be worried about if I'm going…

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