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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

by Stephen R. Covey

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“History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.”
― Mark Twain

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“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
― George Orwell

tags: history, propaganda, rewriting-history

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“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

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“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
― Narcotics Anonymous

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