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Manson himself once remarked in court: “You can convince anybody of anything if you just push it at them all of the time. They may not believe it 100 percent, but they will still draw opinions from it, especially if they have no other
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“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt. I fear. I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.”
― Dracula
― Dracula
“Love is a decision.”
― The Last Anniversary
― The Last Anniversary
“Tightly focused attention gets fatigued—much like an overworked muscle—when we push to the point of cognitive exhaustion. The signs of mental fatigue, such as a drop in effectiveness and a rise in distractedness and irritability, signify that the mental effort needed to sustain focus has depleted the glucose that feeds neural energy.”
― Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence
― Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence
“Humanity is so adaptable, my mother would say. Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“Moral sentiments derive from empathy, and moral reflections take thinking and focus. One cost of the frenetic stream of distractions we face today, some fear, is an erosion of empathy and compassion.19 The more distracted we are, the less we can exhibit attunement and caring.”
― Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence
― Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence
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