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“To argue that the current extinction event could be averted if people just cared more and were willing to make more sacrifices is not wrong, exactly; still, it misses the point. It doesn’t much matter whether people care or don’t care. What matters is that people change the world. This capacity predates modernity,”
― The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
― The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
“…We had spiritually marked ourselves. This marking began…when the counterculture of political correctness began, and the assault on Christian values and traditions began. At first it seemed so ridiculous that it was harmless, kind of like a disease to which we were all immune. Soon, however, it was recolored to equal compassion, fairness, acceptance, tolerance, and equality. From there it evolved into a power with the ability to take any truth and repaint it as a lie, to take any lie and relabel it as truth.”
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“For every ten pounds of fat lost in our bodies, eight and a half pounds of it comes out through the lungs; most of it is carbon dioxide mixed with a bit of water vapor. The rest is sweated or urinated out. This is a fact that most doctors, nutritionists, and other medical professionals have historically gotten wrong. The lungs are the weight-regulating system of the body.”
― Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
― Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
“Talk in terms of the other person’s interests.”
― How To Win Friends and Influence People
― How To Win Friends and Influence People
“If you want enemies, excel your friends; but if you want friends, let your friends excel you.”
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
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