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“What does fighting crime mean, exactly? Does it mean upholding the law when a woman shoplifts to feed her children, or does it mean struggling to uncover the ones who, quite legally, have brought about her poverty?”
― Watchmen
― Watchmen
“Pain is inevitable, suffering is not.”
― Mindfulness in Plain English
― Mindfulness in Plain English
“It was Kovacs who said "Mother" then, muffled under latex. It was Kovacs who closed his eyes. It was Rorschach who opened them again.”
― Watchmen
― Watchmen
“The reporter asked, "why did you play so hard."
"Because there might have been somebody in the stands today who'd never seen my play before, and might never see me again"
-Joe DiMaggio”
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"Because there might have been somebody in the stands today who'd never seen my play before, and might never see me again"
-Joe DiMaggio”
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“Efforts to deepen your focus will struggle if you don’t simultaneously wean your mind from a dependence on distraction.”
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
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