"Scientists used to do an experiment whereby a dog’s repeated reward for performing a task was unaccountably replaced by punishment. The dog, knowing it would be penalized for doing well or doing badly, would become melancholic and inactive. This and other unforeseeable results were funded by taxing up to sixty percent of people’s earnings. People became strangely melancholic and inactive"
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"The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you want it badly enough, there are no limits on what you can achieve."
"The Stink of Hate {Couplet} When haters write they raise a stink;must be the venom coursing through their ink."
"She should have done science, not spent all her time with her head in novels. Novels gave you a completely false idea about life, they told lies and they implied there were endings when in reality there were no endings, everything just went on and on and on."
"The key to a happy life is to have accomplishments to be proud of and purpose to look forward to, and at the moment I had both. How wonderful it was to be me."
"In life, there are those relationships where you really love someone, but they're just not right for you and there's a little bittersweet feel to it."
"I had a dream about you last night. The best day of my life was when I taught you how to juggle, but the best day of yours was when you taught someone else."
"It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going."
"North Dakota Haiku "My bib overallslook spiffy at a weddingor a funeral."
"Too Beautiful for Words [10w] + [10w] When nature presents us with miracles too beautiful for words,it is either a mountain, a beach, or a baby."
"In working with top leaders and thought philosophers of our time, I will tell you that among their secrets of success is a regular practice of acknowledging and appreciating what they have. It can offer an oracle into the future because it not only tells you where you are, but it also helps clarify where you want to go in life."
"If you can find something you love, go for it everyday of your life, and it would be really good to you."
"This moment is yours and yours alone! Take charge, seize this moment and allow it to propel you to the high levels of an empowered life. Allow upon this fertile moment to be planted the seeds of your happiness and success."
"Selling my soul would be a lot easier if I could just find it."
"I'm not bothered about what people say behind my back. I don't need to know about it. I believe in living my life and doing my work. God will give you success. And even if He doesn't, there's a lesson to be learnt."
"Too late, I found you can't wait to become perfect, you got to go out and fall down and get up with everybody else."
"CALVIN:When I grow up I want to be an inventor. First I will invent a time machine. Then I'll come back to yesterday and take myself to tomorrow and skip this dumb assignment."
"Everything changes in my life, and the world stays the same."
"California Milk Processor Board: Got Milk?... ...cuz I got a fucking hangover."
"I think computer viruses should count as life ... I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image."