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Above all, it seems to me wrongheaded and dangerous to invoke historical assumptions about environmental practices of native peoples in order to justify treating them fairly. ... By invoking this assumption [i.e., that they were/are better environmen...

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Too often, many people choose goals that are not inspiring and empowering to them. Goals that has no true meaning to them, not coming from within but from the ideas and opinions from others to build their dreams. This often leads to frustration and d...

EnjoyLife 360 - Simple Secrets to a Happier Fulfilling Life!

A conscience that is forbidden to operate in the choice of goals for economic activity is not conscience in the sense in which any moralist, pagan or Christian, has every understood the term. And the family (which [Michael] Novak regards as vital to ...

Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture

The way I choose to start my day sets its tone. When I make the decision to begin by giving thanks for the positive things in my life, no matter how seemingly few or bountiful they might be, I am setting the flow for new opportunities to come my way....

It's Your Life, Live BIG

Some people may think that it is a dangerous attitude to take toward the Bible, to pick and choose what you want to accept and throw everything else out. My view is that everyone already picks and chooses what they want to accept in the Bible...I hav...

Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible & Why We Don't Know About Them

Margaret...you must know that you could never change your own life. You are a girl: girls have no choice. You could never even choose your own husband: you are of the royal family. A husband would always have been chosen for you. It is forbidden for ...

The Red Queen

It's never ok to hit a girl. Never. Not even if she cheats on you. A girl is not your property. She's a human being. She is just as important as you. She is your equal. And her wishes and feelings are just as valid as yours. All you can do is treat h...

Sex and Crime: Oliver's Strange Journey

Once we face our fear, once we treat our anxiety itself as a thing, we can then choose otherwise. Instead of filling the unknown in our minds with expectations of the tragic, we can choose to fill the void with a different expectation – the expecta...

Moses and Mickey Mouse: How to Find Holy Ground in the Magic Kingdom and Other Unusual Places

It was my first clue that atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith. Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry them - and then they leap. I'll be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnosti...

Life of Pi

Let me speak plainly: The United States of America is and must remain a nation of openness to people of all beliefs. Our very unity has been strengthened by this pluralism. That's how we began; this is how we must always be. The ideals of our country...

Ronald Reagan

There are no perfect circumstances, just circumstances that can become 'perfect' because you choose to act upon a platform. Trusting that the first brush stroke is one closer to the finished painting. You can alter as you work. But you must take that...

Nicole Bonomi

I wonder if people always choose what will make them unhappy.

A Conspiracy of Kings

The greatest sense of love, which is available for us at all times, is God’s love.

Choose Love Book of Prayers

That was the beauty of Family, Dakota decided, you knew what it took to make them bleed. The magic was in choosing not too.

The Center of the Storm

Never underestimate the capacity of people to choose the easy way.

On Character and Mental Toughness

If the Almighty chose to establish his religion by miracles, he chooses to carry it on by means.

Coelebs in Search of a Wife

When the time comes, don’t be afraid to open the door, just make sure you choose the right one.

Earth's Embrace

It's no good choosing your first husband from a school for evil geniuses. Much too difficult to kill.

Etiquette & Espionage

If you have but one friend, make sure you choose her well.

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Facing the difficulties, I can choose either to be a poor victim or a great adventurer.

Eleven Minutes

Choose old people for enemies. They die. You win.

Einstein's Beach House: Stories