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We are at this point in history so deeply fixated on the idea that poverty must always be involuntary and therefore the result of a lack of talent and indigence, we can't even imagine that it might be the result of an intelligent and skilled person's free choice #TheSchoolOfLife

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We are at this point in history so deeply fixated on the idea that poverty must always be involuntary and therefore the result of a lack of talent and indigence, we can't even imagine that it might be the result of an intelligent and skilled person's free choice #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 7, 2026
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The feminist revolution had to be fought because women quite simply were stopped at a state of evolution far short of their human capacity. #BettyFriedan

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The feminist revolution had to be fought because women quite simply were stopped at a state of evolution far short of their human capacity. #BettyFriedan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 6, 2026
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...it's so important to have intellectual and ideological diversity within any group or institution whose goal is to find truth (such as an intelligence agency or a community of scientists) or to produce good public policy (such as a legislature or advisory board). #JonathanHaidt

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...it's so important to have intellectual and ideological diversity within any group or institution whose goal is to find truth (such as an intelligence agency or a community of scientists) or to produce good public policy (such as a legislature or advisory board). #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 5, 2026
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From a scientific perspective the truly revolutionary character of the Industrial Revolution was the dramatic change from an open system where energy is supplied externally by the sun to a closed system where energy is supplied internally by fossil fuel. #GeoffreyWest

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From a scientific perspective the truly revolutionary character of the Industrial Revolution was the dramatic change from an open system where energy is supplied externally by the sun to a closed system where energy is supplied internally by fossil fuel. #GeoffreyWest — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 3, 2026
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As talented as we are, mind reading is not a core human competency. #JulieZhuo

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As talented as we are, mind reading is not a core human competency. #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 1, 2026
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We need to be alone because life among other people unfolds too quickly. #AlaindeBotton

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We need to be alone because life among other people unfolds too quickly. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 1, 2026
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Your role as a manager is not to do the work yourself, even if you are the best at it, because that will only take you so far. Your role is to improve the purpose, people, and process of your team to get as high a multiplier effect on your collective outcome as you can #JulieZhuo

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Your role as a manager is not to do the work yourself, even if you are the best at it, because that will only take you so far. Your role is to improve the purpose, people, and process of your team to get as high a multiplier effect on your collective outcome as you can #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 28, 2026
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