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He had flipped a switch in me. A switch that changed me from a woman who saw making love as a tool into a woman who knew that making love was a need. I needed him. I needed to be seen. I came alive under his gaze. Being married to Don had shown me another side of myself, a side I was just getting to know. A side I liked.

Most people are familiar with the Chinese proverb “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

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“picture of society as a giant human—a living organism like each of us, only much bigger. And when I look at the American society around me, I’m not really seeing this:

“These points are worth taking seriously. But nothing we just talked about should lead us to abandon the view that mental illnesses really exist.”

“Revealing, the third bliss skill, is about looking beneath the fight to recognize the limiting beliefs and other elements t

“The soldier’s brain chose the other option, however; his brain stuck with its prediction in spite of the sense data from the world.”

“Embracing radical truth and radical transparency will bring more meaningful work and more meaningful relationships. ”

“Given the responses they had earlier found in lab animals, Olds and Milner concluded that they had discovered the brain’s pleasure center. In fact, we now know other things that feel good also activate the same neural region. Sex, delicious food, a bargain, and even our digital devices all tap into this deep recess of the brain, providing the impetus for many of our behaviors.”.

“I mean, we’ve been mulling this over for ten pages and we still don’t have a clear answer for what we’re supposed to do.”

“your beautiful, pearlescent little eardrum—which vibrates neighboring bones with wonderfully descriptive names like the hammer, the anvil, ”

“Luckily, the grinding effect of stress brought on by a persistent sense of being alone is only part of the story. Our research takes into account t”

“As a manufacturer of jet engines, GE needed to at least be thinking about hypersonics as it related to mainstream air travel, and the GRC was the place for that kind of brainstorming. Even if there wasn’t a product we could take to market anytime soon, having a handle on the technologies that might someday be needed by one of our core businesses was a way of staying competitive in the future.”

“the problem of money and who gets what, an old refrain.”

In the event of a Hab breach, everyone would run to the airlocks. Procedure was to let the Hab pop rather than die trying to prevent it. Then, we’d suit up and assess the damage.

“This is key to the success of my weekly routine: Be able to off-load whatever comes to mind, and put it in a place where I know I’ll get to it at the right time. ”

“Additionally, time is not fungible. If you went to the Golden Gate Bridge and made a one-inch slice straight through the halfway point of the bridge, you wouldn’t just lose an inch. You’d also lose a bridge.”