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The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell

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No one could fail to have been lifted by the welcome that bird gave me every morning and evening.

This sentence exactly portrays the best and adorable character of the penguin.

To Have and Have Not

by Ernest Hemingway

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“Having depression is no more out of your control than Sagan’s intolerance to milk, or Utah’s pale skin, or Honor’s bad vision. It’s nothing to be embarrassed about. But it’s not something you can ignore or correct on your own. And it doesn’t make you abnormal. It makes you just as normal as these idiots,”
― Colleen Hoover, Without Merit

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“A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her’, he said, ‘but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence

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“Most of what they currently learn at school will probably be irrelevant by the time they are forty. Traditionally, life has been divided into two main parts: a period of learning followed by a period of working. Very soon this traditional model will become utterly obsolete, and the only way for humans to stay in the game will be to keep learning throughout their lives, and to reinvent themselves repeatedly. Many if not most humans may be unable to do so.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

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“There is a 98 per cent probability that the same will happen to sports referees, 97 per cent that it will happen to cashiers and 96 per cent to chefs. Waiters – 94 per cent. Paralegal assistants – 94 per cent. Tour guides – 91 per cent. Bakers – 89 per cent. Bus drivers – 89 per cent. Construction labourers – 88 per cent. Veterinary assistants – 86 per cent. Security guards – 84 per cent. Sailors – 83 per cent. Bartenders – 77 per cent. Archivists – 76 per cent. Carpenters – 72 per cent. Lifeguards – 67 per cent. And so forth.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

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