You can be defined as rich if and only if the wealth of others doesn’t bother you.
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It’s not what you say that gets you in trouble, it’s fearing that what you say can get in trouble that gets you in trouble.
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Schools fail to replicate real life in that they try to teach kids how to succeed, instead of helping them work with failure.
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Heuristic: when I get unsollicited advice, I do the opposite.
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Saying “I love literature” in place of “I love Dostoyevsky” or some specific author or book is equivalent to telling one’s partner “I love women” instead of “I love you”.
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