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all these theories about the causes of our bad moods have the tendency to make us victims—because we think the causes result from something beyond our control.
“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”
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“Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.”
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“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”
― Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
― Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
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