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Belief is a gritty, potent, primordial force. In the 1950s, a scientist named Dr. Curt Richter proved this when he gathered dozens of rats and dropped them into thirty-inch-deep glass cylinders filled with water. The first rat paddled on
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“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
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“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
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“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.”
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“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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A group to read the General Nonfiction, Biography/Autobiography, and History Books that won or were a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
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