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Simon Phaneuf
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Introverts are like a rechargeable battery. They need to stop expending energy and rest in order to recharge. This is what a less stimulating environment provides for introverts. It restores energy. It is their natural niche.
“Money is the most universal and most efficient system of mutual trust ever devised.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Many introverts don't feel as if they know enough about a subject until they know almost everything.”
― The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World
― The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World
“For introverts who have a high level of internal activity, anything coming from the outside raises their intensity level index quickly. It’s kind of like being tickled—the sensation goes from feeling good and fun to “too much” and uncomfortable in a split second.”
― The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World
― The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World
“The Red Lamp, the army brothel, was around the corner in the main street. I had seen a queue of a hundred and fifty men waiting outside the door, each to have his short turn with one of the three women in the house. My servant, who had stood in the queue, told me that the charge was ten francs a man – about eight shillings at that time. Each woman served nearly a battalion of men every week for as long as she lasted. According to the assistant provost-marshal, three weeks was the usual limit: ‘after which she retired on her earnings, pale but proud.”
― Goodbye to All That
― Goodbye to All That
“How many young college graduates have taken demanding jobs in high-powered firms, vowing that they will work hard to earn money that will enable them to retire and pursue their real interests when they are thirty-five? But by the time they reach that age, they have large mortgages, children to school, houses in the suburbs that necessitate at least two cars per family, and a sense that life is not worth living without really good wine and expensive holidays abroad. What are they supposed to do, go back to digging up roots? No, they double their efforts and keep slaving away.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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