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“My friends tell me that I have a tendency to point out problems without offering solutions, but they never tell me what I should do about it.”
― Stumbling on Happiness
― Stumbling on Happiness
“We live in a world in which people are censured, demoted, imprisoned, beheaded, simply because they have opened their mouths, flapped their lips, and vibrated some air. Yes, those vibrations can make us feel sad or stupid or alienated. Tough shit. That's the price of admission to the marketplace of ideas. Hateful, blasphemous, prejudiced, vulgar, rude, or ignorant remarks are the music of a free society, and the relentless patter of idiots is how we know we're in one. When all the words in our public conversation are fair, good, and true, it's time to make a run for the fence.”
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“The Church says: the body is a sin.
Science says: the body is a machine.
Advertising says: The body is a business.
The Body says: I am a fiesta.”
― Walking Words
Science says: the body is a machine.
Advertising says: The body is a business.
The Body says: I am a fiesta.”
― Walking Words
“...with the end of my breath, which is the beginning of yours.”
― Nadja
― Nadja
“Psychologists call this habituation, economists call it declining marginal utility, and the rest of us call it marriage.”
― Stumbling on Happiness
― Stumbling on Happiness
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