“You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.”
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“When still a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, he referred to a hostile opponent who had entered the chamber as “the thing which has crawled into this House and adheres to one of the seats by its own slime.”
― Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice
― Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice
“Liz, you must be very polite with yourself when you are learning something new.”
― Eat, Pray, Love
― Eat, Pray, Love
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