Jamie Slate
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Ponti is fiercely sharp and articulate, with more street credentials than any activist you’ve met. This book is a much needed kick in the butt to people may have been playing armchair politics for too long and need to get in the game.
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“Physical activity is the single most efficient strategy for completing the stress response cycle and recalibrating your central nervous system into a calm state. When people say, 'Exercise is good for stress,' that is for realsie real.”
― Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
― Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
“The problem isn’t the desire itself, it’s the context. You need more sexually relevant stimuli activating the accelerator and fewer things hitting the brake.”
― Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
― Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
“When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story,” he said. “When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Your job isn't to find these ideas but to recognize them when they show up.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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