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What will it matter to him if he notices that he is growing old? Has he any reason to envy the young people whom he sees, or wax nostalgic over his own lost youth? What reasons has he to envy a young person? For the possibilities that a young person has, the future which is in store for him? "No, thank you," he will think. "Instead of possibilities, I have realities in my past, not only the reality of work done and love loved, but of sufferings bravely suffered. These sufferings are even the things of which I am most proud, though these things are things that cannot inspire envy."
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My eyes widened at the ball of orange fluff squeezing out from under the counter, blinking and stretching. I looked again, not believing. “It’s a cat,†I said, winning the Pulitzer prize for incredible intellect.
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My mom's a psychologist, and I think that has influenced me on a personal level. Plus, I'm just generally interested in visualization and humanity, social activity and technology, and what happens in aggregate.
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When a sense of dissatisfaction persists, that means it was placed there by God for one reason only: you need to change everything and move forward.
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Laugh. Laugh as much as you can. Laugh until you cry. Cry until you laugh. Keep doing it even if people are passing you on the street saying, "I can't tell if that person is laughing or crying, but either way they seem crazy, let's walk faster." Emote. It's okay. It shows you are thinking and feeling.
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Racism is not dead. Definitely, there are these biases.
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Bricks without straw are more easily made than imagination without memories.
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NO PROCESSED FOODS! Natural is best. Straight from the garden. Avoid the tins.
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It's an unusual situation for me to be working and making a living.
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Don't explain your author, read him right and he explains himself.
