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“The most important career decision you'll make is who your life partner is.”

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Sheryl Sandberg is an American businesswoman and author, recognized for her role as the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook since 2008. She is also known for her advocacy for women in the workplace and her influential book 'Lean In'. more

“What becomes of the surplus of human life? It is either, 1st. destroyed by infanticide, as among the Chinese and Lacedemonians; or 2d. it is stifled or starved, as among other nations whose population is commensurate to its food; or 3d. it is consumed by wars and endemic diseases; or 4th. it overflows, by emigration, to places where a surplus of food is attainable.”

Humans War Nations Balance Disease Population Destroyed Chinese Human Life Consumed Surplus Overflow World Population Human Population Emigration Infanticide

Book:1829-1836

Source: 1829-1836

“If the world is to save any part of its resources for the future, it must reduce not only consumption but the number of consumers.”

Ifs World Numbers Balance Resources Population Consumers Consumption World Population

Book:WALDEN TWO

Source: WALDEN TWO

“'Smart growth' destroys the environment. 'Dumb growth' destroys the environment. The only difference is that 'smart growth' does it with good taste. It's like booking passage on the Titanic. Whether you go first-class or steerage, the result is the same.”

“This car of mine, I am tickled to death with it. The machine is nearly everything, its power, stability and balance. The driver, allowing for his experience and courage, is much less.”

Science Race Car Mines Balance Machines Experience Drivers Allowing Stability

Author:Malcolm Campbell

“To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.”

Littles Difficult Impossible Balance

Author:Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

“Poor and content, is rich and rich enough; But riches, fineless, is as poor as winter, To him that ever fears he shall be poor.”

Enough Poor Rich Balance Self Improvement Winter Riches

Author:William Shakespeare

“Learn to be pleased with everything, with wealth so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied.”

Care Wealth Poverty Balance Satisfaction Contentment Beneficial Obscurity

Author:Plutarch

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