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Every single thing that is outside your control—the outside world, other people, luck, karma, whatever—still presents a corresponding area that is in your control. This alone gives us plenty to manage, plenty of power.
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― Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
“if I were to take the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) and try to create a Frankenstein’s monster of the most dangerous and destructive leader and had freedom to create any combination of diagnosis and symptoms’, Trump would be the result.”
― The Psychopath: A True Story
― The Psychopath: A True Story
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― Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem
― Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem
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― Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem
― Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem
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