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For one thing, people who do make their living through physical toil are not in any way immune from obesity. The opposite is true, in fact, as both obesity and physical labor correlate with lower income. Second, children who spend more time
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“Emotions infuse everything with meaning and are the main inspiration of cognition, also in our lives.”
― Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
― Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
“Feelings arise when emotions penetrate our consciousness, and we become aware of them.”
― Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
― Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
“The heart has reasons of which reason knows nothing.”
― Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
― Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
“The possibility of highly visible failure has an exceptional power to propel us to want to succeed, and that power can be harnessed to motivate a team or even a community to do something difficult.”
― Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
― Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
“When you are connected to an institution with that strong a name, people use it for a shortcut to understanding who you are, and if you’re not careful, you use it as a shortcut too. Taking on the shape of that name itself over time.”
― Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
― Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
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