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I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be

I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor – all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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Nobody until very recently would have thought that their husband was supposed to be their best friend, confidante, intellectual soul mate, co-parent, inspiration. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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When somebody has an enormous success in this culture, people start asking two questions, which are What are you doing now? and How are you going to beat that? And I have to say, I love the assumption that your intention is to beat yourself constantly – that youre in battle against yourself. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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Its not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has great storytellers, and I grew up in a very funny, conversational house and didnt have television. This small family farm was a bubble world that didnt have much to do with reality. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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But if you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state for no other reason than theyve been brought there by no fault of their own, I dont think you have a heart. We need to be educating these children, because they will become a drag on our society. – Rick Perry

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We get lost in a fog of abstractions and easily forget that man is a bloodhound sniffing out the real. – Robert C. Pollock

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There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak. – Charles R. Swindoll

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Most people are willing to pay more to be amused than to be educated. – Robert C. Savage, Life Lessons

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Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. – Thomas Paine

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Girlfriend and 100 Percent Fun were my two peeks, around 92 and 96. The reality is that the times I had the most media success, sold lots of records and played bigger shows, I had the least control of my own life. – Matthew Sweet

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This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like evolution and that futurists are learning about anticipating human society: just because a future scenario is plausible doesnt mean we can get there from here. – Kevin Kelly

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Man is by nature a political animal. – Aristotle

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