I am dead to them, even though I once flowered. That is the latent terror, a symptom: it is suddenly either all or nothing: either you break the surface shell into the whistling void or you don't.
Sylvia Plath
“conspiracy theorist” or “anti-vaxxer
Although the 13 are based in seven countries, they all report uniformity in the responses against them, including exclusion, derogatory labeling (such as “conspiracy theorist” or “anti-vaxxer”), hostile comments and threatening statements by the media, dismissal, official inquiries, revocation of their medical license, lawsuits and retraction of scientific papers after publication.
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"Because I don't live in either my past or my fu ture. I'm interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man.
Sayfa 88
Most Americans cannot imagine another civil war in their country. They assume our democracy is too resilient, to robust to devolve into conflict. Or they assume that our country is too wealthy and advanced to turn on itself. Or they assume that any rebellion would quickly be stamped out by our powerful government, giving the rebels no chance. They see the Whitmer kidnapping plot, or even the storming of the U.S Capitol, as isolated incidents; the frustrated acts of a small group of violent extremists. But this is because they don't know how civil wars start.
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I have four rules for dealing with (keeping a good staff & keeping them happy) staff in my organization:
1) Pay your people good money, and they'll do anything: (…) Employees continuously compare their salaries with friends at other companies, and you want your employees to win every time. Give Christmas bonuses, new account bonuses,
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“I do not know whether she is better or worse than other monsters,” continued Rybak thoughtfully. “But I do think she is more powerful. The forest seems to listen to her. She is, to my knowledge, part human and part lynx. The animals adore her. She has the allegiance of wolves. To them, she is almost . . .” He searched for the right word. Cast his eyes to the ceiling, and after a moment, seemed to pluck the term from the rafters. “She is almost . . . a queen.”
The Picture of Dorian Gray
'Realize your youth while you have it. Don't squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar, which are the aims, the false ideals, of our age. Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.'
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I don't know if you ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not to be aware that you do exist. Or something like that.
