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Reading this while reading Homecoming (a book about recovering from childhood abuse) is a trip. I've read through a few of these essays in which mothers admit to raging at their children for no reason. Wow. This is a lot. I know that reading this, we
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"Seems really interesting. I opened to a random page and as is often the case for me I think I found the best page in the book! The part describes how meditating on opposite emotions is how we integrate all of our emotions." — Oct 12, 2025 06:55PM
"Seems really interesting. I opened to a random page and as is often the case for me I think I found the best page in the book! The part describes how meditating on opposite emotions is how we integrate all of our emotions." — Oct 12, 2025 06:55PM
“According to the website of the libertarian Cato Institute, “A frequent lament amongst libertarians is the number of talented individuals who never received the prize. Fritz Machlup, for example, was a leading theorist in the pure theory of international trade. Ludwig von Mises was one of the most pioneering economists of the twentieth century. Lord P. T. Bauer contributed vast scholarship to the literature of development economics. Gordon Tullock, Buchanan's partner in the creation of Public Choice, has done pioneering work in the field of rent seeking.”
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“Being prepared will help keep you on course through times of struggle, frustration, and adversity and will help all of your progress come much more smoothly.”
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― Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness
“An individual analyst also can brainstorm to produce a wider range of ideas than a group might generate, without regard for other analysts’ egos, opinions, or objections.
However, an individual will not have the benefit of others’ perspectives to help develop the ideas as fully. Moreover, an individual may have difficulty breaking free of his or her cognitive biases without the benefit of a diverse group.”
― A Tradecraft Primer: Structured Analytic Techniques for Improving Intelligence Analysis - Cognitive and Perceptual Biases, Reasoning Processes
However, an individual will not have the benefit of others’ perspectives to help develop the ideas as fully. Moreover, an individual may have difficulty breaking free of his or her cognitive biases without the benefit of a diverse group.”
― A Tradecraft Primer: Structured Analytic Techniques for Improving Intelligence Analysis - Cognitive and Perceptual Biases, Reasoning Processes
“The reason why a lot of people discover that a vegan or vegetarian diet does not work for them is because they don’t make “whole foods” the foundation of their nutrition program but rather a lot of processed foods like breads, pastas, processed soy foods, chips, and other junk foods that don’t provide much positive nutrition.”
― Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness
― Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness
“Despite the more than thirty-year difference in our ages, I felt much more familiar with him than with friends my own age.”
― Strange Weather in Tokyo
― Strange Weather in Tokyo
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