“Your power to choose can never be taken from you. It can be neglected and it can be ignored. But if used, it can make all the difference.”
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“At the end of a century that has seen
the evils of communism, Nazism and other modern tyrannies,
the impulse to centralize power remains amazingly persistent.”
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the evils of communism, Nazism and other modern tyrannies,
the impulse to centralize power remains amazingly persistent.”
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“The problem is that our ideas are sticky: once we produce a theory, we are not likely to change our minds....”
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
“When your child is a little older, you can teach him about our tax system in a way that is easy to grasp. Offer him, say, $10 to mow the lawn. When he has mowed it and asks to be paid, withhold $5 and explain that this is income tax. Give $1 to his younger brother, and tell him that this is "fair". Also, explain that you need the other $4 yourself to cover the administrative costs of dividing the money. When he cries, tell him he is being "selfish" and "greedy". Later in life he will thank you.”
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“Relationships are valuable for healing and learning how to love.”
― Circles of Separation
― Circles of Separation
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