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Tharindu Dissanayake Tharindu Dissanayake said: " "I don't know a lot about kandra."

When I usually begin a book, no matter what kind it is, I crank my expectations up to the maximum level possible. Obviously this habit, more often than not, ends up a monumentally stupid one since it is a guarant
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nurture, rather than nature, is the primary moulder of personality,
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Agree totally, although from my own children, I can also see character traits and even some likes and dislikes which my parents had, although only knew them when they were babies.
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We do inherit a lot of traits from parents and grandparents, as proven my research as well.. but I guess here, the author is implying more of the 'molding' of personality using positive influence..
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Friedrich Nietzsche
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
Friedrich Nietzsche

William Shakespeare
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
William Shakespeare, As You Like It

Albert Einstein
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
Albert Einstein

Abraham Lincoln
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
Abraham Lincoln

J.R.R. Tolkien
“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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