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When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#boy #call #called #grown #i

Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong for our rational, long-term planning. ↗

— Peter Singer

#complex #decision-making #even #human #long-term

Motley Crue, collectively and individually, have done things on our own terms. ↗

— Nikki Sixx

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If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster - just look at what we are doing to our planet's climate. ↗

— Peter Singer

#collective #disaster #doing #headed #interests

If you go back in time you'll find tribes that were essentially only concerned with their own tribal members. If you were a member of another tribe, you could be killed with impunity. ↗

— Peter Singer

#back #concerned #could #essentially #find

Then I think the sense of it being one community breaks down; but if you know instantly and respond within twenty-four hours, it's a very different sort of situation. ↗

— Peter Singer

#breaks #community #different #different sort #down

We may feel the pain of falling back from a level of affluence to which we have grown accustomed, but most people in developed countries are still, by historical standards, extraordinarily well off. ↗

— Peter Singer

#affluence #back #countries #developed #developed countries

Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#danger #downturn #downward #give #history

I just feel that after the season that we have to sit down - as well as myself, everybody - and try and look at what gives us the best opportunity to move going forward. ↗

— Mike Singletary

#best #down #everybody #feel #forward

He started pushing to make birdies and you don't do that when you're down. ↗

— Vijay Singh

#make #pushing #started #you