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“Children whose "parents are very attentive to their elementary needs are likely to develop trust and security, which may promote prosocial orientation," note psychology researchers, but those parents probably weren't consciously trying to create cooperative adults; they were just being good, attentive parents.”
― Humans Are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will
― Humans Are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will
“We all only have so much mental energy to spend, so why waste it worrying about the people who doubt you?...put that mental energy to better use, like achieving your goals and making your dreams a reality.”
― No Is a Four-Letter Word: How I Failed Spelling but Succeeded in Life
― No Is a Four-Letter Word: How I Failed Spelling but Succeeded in Life
“Follow your passion, study it assiduously, and as you pursue it, strive in addition to become more intensely human. Doing so will improve your material well-being as the economy evolves, and it will bring you a richer, fuller life.”
― Humans Are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will
― Humans Are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will
“The goal of text generation is to throw confused, wide-eyed words on a page; the goal of text revision is to scrub the rods clean so that they sound nice and can go out in public.”
― How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
― How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
“As far as kids are concerned, good mothers are known by their character, not by their education, clothes, or coaches they supply.”
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