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think that if Hiro was so convinced in his own mind that he was unworthy of her, maybe he knew something she didn't.
Or he was simply pretending—like many drinkers, he liked to think each new day drew a line under the day before.
We’re all free agents in this noncoercive class system, and Brooks eventually concludes that worrying about the problems faced by workers is yet another deluded affectation of the blue-state rich.
four meta-movements that separately and together are redefining the American dream: living with limits, embracing diversity, looking inward, and demanding authenticity.
Bessie asked if I would have a book: the word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gulliver’s Travels from the library. This book I had again and again perused with delight.
Self-knowledge liberates us from the frustration of ignorance, while simultaneously nurturing and supporting our capacity for intelligence. Objectivity
We remember, also, how that it is becoming increasingly difficult in these strenuous days for those who are desirous of studying the deeper things of God to find the time which such study requires.
And there he lay in his bed, a broken man, worn out by a way of life which had been thrust upon him because of the antics of a wayward pig.
Dr. Neal Roese makes a fascinating distinction between two types of regret: regrets of action and regrets of inaction.
The craving today is for something light and spicy, and few have patience, still less desire, to examine carefully that which would make a demand both upon their hearts and
Although unanswered prayer is indeed a theme of the book, it is not the heart of the book, for unanswered prayer describes a problem but offers no solutions.
Juniper laughed for real, but one of those fake smiles he considered a plague of the Caucasian race followed. If you’re sad, be sad, he wanted to say.
How the hell would she support herself and her mother if Agua Dulce’s new owner built one of those mega service stations right next door? Or worse yet, right on top of them.
After Arthur sent me away for my own good, it' like my life switched from color to black and white--like the ending of The Wizard of Oz.
He sent Zuckerberg a letter proposing Viacom would pay $1.5 billion to buy the two-year-old company.
we have quoted freely from the Scriptures and have sought to furnish proof-texts for every statement we have advanced.
Storytelling is a form of self-disclosure.
This chapter is an attempt to share with you some insights about story listening and how to do it.
Shivering as she gripped the handle, she looked around the cabin one last time. The uneasiness was still there. Why wouldn’t it leave her be?
Difficulty of subsistence made the invaders reduce the numbers of the army to a point at which it might live on the country during the prosecution of the war.
Imagine what the world might have been like if Larry and Sergey instead became professors or took a job at Microsoft.
A second advantage of static factory methods is that, unlike constructors, they are not required to create a new object each time they're invoked.
Builder pattern is more verbose than the telescoping constructor pattern, so it should be used only if there are enough parameters, say, four or more.
Persistence and perseverance – these are the two most important characteristics a startup founder should have.