History as usually written is quite different from history as usually lived. The historian records the exceptional because it is interesting.
~ Will Durant
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History →
Jealousy →
I learned early that people will admire your work more if they are not jealous of you.
~ Benjamin Franklin
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Comforts →
Comforts, once gained, become necessities. And if enough of those comforts become necessities, you eventually peel yourself away from any kind of common feeling with the rest of humanity.
~ Sebastian Junger
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A good story →
The best arguments in the world won’t change a single person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.
~ Richard Powers
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Wisdom →
My definition of wisdom is knowing the long-term consequences of your actions.
~ Naval Ravikant
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Point of view →
A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding.
~ Marshall McLuhan
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Childhood’s end →
When I was a child I wanted to be an architect, and now that I am an architect I would sometimes like to be a child again.
~ Federico Babina
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Flexibility →
The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.
~ Brian Greene
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Improvement →
People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing—refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.
~ Leo Tolstoy
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Distraction →
The defenders of our freedom have failed to take into account our infinite appetite for distraction.
~ Aldous Huxley
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