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When you're gone, your miracle ends
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The serious inherit the earth
Why some ways of life die out and others keep going
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Life doesn't start until you have kids
My uncle once told me, “Omar, I know you love your books and your writing, but until you have kids, life hasn’t really started yet.”
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Imagine if you were everything you pretended to be
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A civilization without elders
One of the most tragic things to see is an unhappy old person.
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Live a phone-less life. People completely misunderstand the nature of the problem.
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Being good doesn't get you anywhere in life
Some reflections on The Sopranos
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What we find ugly in others, we tolerate in ourselves
William James speaks of a built-in hypocrisy in human nature: what we find ugly in others, we tolerate in ourselves.
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