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"[...]he will admit it as a fact of nature that was previously unknown to him. In the realist, faith is not born from miracles, but miracles from faith. Once the realist comes to believe, then, precisely because of his realism, he must also allow for miracles." — Jul 05, 2016 12:20AM
"[...]he will admit it as a fact of nature that was previously unknown to him. In the realist, faith is not born from miracles, but miracles from faith. Once the realist comes to believe, then, precisely because of his realism, he must also allow for miracles." — Jul 05, 2016 12:20AM
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"It is not nature that defines woman; it is she who defines herself by dealing with nature on her own account in her emotional life." — Jan 11, 2016 01:06AM
"It is not nature that defines woman; it is she who defines herself by dealing with nature on her own account in her emotional life." — Jan 11, 2016 01:06AM
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"[...]You can love someone but not accept him; you can accept someone but not love him. I wrongly felt the flaws in my parents' acceptance as deficits in their love. Now, I think their primary experience was of having a child who spoke a language they'd never thought of studying." — May 01, 2017 09:20PM
"[...]You can love someone but not accept him; you can accept someone but not love him. I wrongly felt the flaws in my parents' acceptance as deficits in their love. Now, I think their primary experience was of having a child who spoke a language they'd never thought of studying." — May 01, 2017 09:20PM
“The key is to learn to climb inside other people's minds to figure out what really matters to them.”
― Think Like a Freak
― Think Like a Freak
“Human beings aren't the most candid animals on the planet. We'll often say one thing and do another—or, more precisely, we’ll say what we think other people want to hear and then, in private, do what we want.”
― Think Like a Freak
― Think Like a Freak
“Human beings, for all our accomplishments, can be fragile animals. Most of us don't take criticism well at all.”
― Think Like a Freak
― Think Like a Freak
“Being confident you are right is not the same as being right.”
― Think Like a Freak
― Think Like a Freak
“Quitting is hard in part because it is equated with failure, and nobody likes to fail, or at least be seen failing. But is failure necessarily so terrible?”
― Think Like a Freak
― Think Like a Freak
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