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“Do not watch TV aimlessly. Do not go on social media aimlessly. Always be aware of what you are doing, and why you are doing it. Don’t value TV less. Value it more. Then you will watch it less. Unchecked distractions will lead you to distraction.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive

“Either we choose to stay alive, or we give up. And if it's living we choose, then we do whatever it takes.”
― The Wolf Den
― The Wolf Den

“THE WORLD IS increasingly designed to depress us. Happiness isn’t very good for the economy. If we were happy with what we had, why would we need more? How do you sell an anti-ageing moisturiser? You make someone worry about ageing. How do you get people to vote for a political party? You make them worry about immigration. How do you get them to buy insurance? By making them worry about everything. How do you get them to have plastic surgery? By highlighting their physical flaws. How do you get them to watch a TV show? By making them worry about missing out. How do you get them to buy a new smartphone? By making them feel like they are being left behind. To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act. To be happy with your own non-upgraded existence. To be comfortable with our messy, human selves, would not be good for business.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive

“There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive

“Hate is a pointless emotion to have inside you. It is like eating a scorpion to punish it for stinging you.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive

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