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Le Basia’s Quotes

“Brain damage is never a good idea, no matter what your friends say.”
― Ted Chiang, Mind-Rain: Your Favorite Authors on Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Series

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“Wszyscy udają, że pochodzą z jednej przeszłości, ba, nawet kłócą się o tę przeszłość: nie tak było! ja pamiętam lepiej! Trudno o większą głupotę.”
― Jacek Dukaj

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“Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.”
― Oliver Sacks, Musicophilia: La musique, le cerveau et nous

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“Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.”
― Isaac Newton

tags: diplomacy

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“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”
― Seneca

tags: attitude, gratitude, happiness, inspirational-quotes, satisfaction

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The Aspiring Polymath's Society — 613 members — last activity Sep 04, 2021 11:15PM
For readers who love to learn for learning's sake, this group features regular group reads of nonfiction from a variety of fields, or fictional reads ...more

Transhumanism — 47 members — last activity Apr 13, 2013 08:44AM
Transhumanism, abbreviated as H+ or h+, is an international intellectual and cultural movement that affirms the possibility and desirability of fundam ...more