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Taras Basiuk

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“Be “unrealistic” when you set a goal, and then be realistic about how you will achieve that goal.”
― Jeff Haden, The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win

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“The greater the number of people present, the less likely an individual is to help someone in need because it is easier to rationalize that someone else will do it.”
― Gad Saad, The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

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“An interesting thing about touch is that the brain doesn’t just tell you how something feels, but how it ought to feel. That’s why the caress of a lover feels wonderful, but the same touch by a stranger would feel creepy or horrible. It’s also why it is so hard to tickle yourself.”
― Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants

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“Make no mistake. This is a planet of microbes. We are here at their pleasure. They don’t need us at all. We’d be dead in a day without them.”
― Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants

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“If you expect to stop denunciation of your wrong way of life by putting people to death, there is something amiss with your reasoning. This way of escape is neither possible nor creditable; the best and easiest way is not to stop the mouths of others, but to make yourselves as well behaved as possible. This is my last message to you who voted for my condemnation.”
― Plato, The Trial and Death of Socrates

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