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I was upset, which was I felt like she had turned into some kind of weirdly responsible, conservative adult, which was never our plan.
“I still don’t know whether there are more hard or soft things in the world,”
― What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
― What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
“You see, one thing is, I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.”
― The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
― The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
“You must learn that it is not important for you to ask questions. Nobody needs for you to ask questions. Your job is to follow procedure. Following procedure does not require questions.”
― Go to work and do your job. Care for your children. Pay your bills. Obey the law. Buy products.
― Go to work and do your job. Care for your children. Pay your bills. Obey the law. Buy products.
“Regardless of their sex, good-looking faces light up the brain”
― How Pleasure Works: Why we like what we like
― How Pleasure Works: Why we like what we like
“it is difficult to discern where “you” end and the remainder of the world begins.”
― This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking
― This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking
Ask Anne Lamott - Thursday, December 12th!
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