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“NAZISM = "National Socialism"
BOLSHEVISM = "International Socialism"
One was collectivism based on economic class, the other collectivism based on race and ethnicity. They agreed on the socialist part, but disagreed on participants.”
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BOLSHEVISM = "International Socialism"
One was collectivism based on economic class, the other collectivism based on race and ethnicity. They agreed on the socialist part, but disagreed on participants.”
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“I loved her not for the way she danced with my angels, but for the way the sound of her name could silence my demons”
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“The average American watches more than four hours of TV each day. In a 65-year life, that person will have spent nine years glued to the tube. Why? Simple. Life sucks. Life needs an escape. Life is no good.
Show me someone who spends hours online playing Mafia Wars or Farmville, and I'll show you someone who probably isn't very successful. When life sucks, escapes are sought. I don't need television because I invested my time into a real life worth living, not a fictitious escape that airs every Tuesday night at 8 p.m.
Again, majority thinking yields mediocrity, and for that majority, time is an asset that is undervalued and mindlessly squandered.”
― The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime!
Show me someone who spends hours online playing Mafia Wars or Farmville, and I'll show you someone who probably isn't very successful. When life sucks, escapes are sought. I don't need television because I invested my time into a real life worth living, not a fictitious escape that airs every Tuesday night at 8 p.m.
Again, majority thinking yields mediocrity, and for that majority, time is an asset that is undervalued and mindlessly squandered.”
― The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime!

“Love is the water of life. And a lover is a soul of fire! The universe turns differently when fire loves water.”
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“Every time man makes a new experiment he always learns more. He cannot learn less.”
― Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
― Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth

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