"All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use."

-- Jared Diamond

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“when a great war has cut off the young men of a nation it never can be told thereafter what losses of scholars, poets, thinkers and great designers the country and the world have suffered.”
“The landscape belongs to the person who looks at it..." -Ralph Waldo Emerson”
“I will always serve my country in any capacity, but I'm very happy with what I'm doing right now.”

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“If we truly want to learn, we never learn when we are talking. We only learn when we are listening.”
“In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.”
“As I've been able to once again gain the benefits of speed work, I'm enjoying my running more and more.”
“Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.”
“In recent years our knowledge of modern technology has increased considerably, and as a result we have witnessed remarkable material progress, but there has not been a corresponding increase in human happiness. There is no less suffering in the world today, and there are no fewer problems. Indeed, it might be said that there are now more problems and greater dangers than ever before.”

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