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“There are times when it is prudent to turn the other cheek, especially when it comes to spouses, family members, and friends. Courtesy and love are contagious and are far more effective over the long-haul than trying to ruin the reputation and well-being of another. (Chapter 7)”

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Book:Winners Never Cheat: Everyday Values We Learned As Children but May Have Forgotten
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“আমি অবশ্যই তোমাদেরকে পরীক্ষা করবো কিছু ভয়-ভীতি ও ক্ষুধা-অনাহার দ্বারা এবং জান-মাল ও ফল-ফসলাদির (ব্যবসা বাণিজ্য, চাকুরী ইত্যাদি) ক্ষতি দ্বারা। এরূপ অবস্থায় (যারা ধৈর্য্যর সাথে এসকল পরীক্ষায় উত্তীর্ণ হবে) তুমি সেই সব ধৈর্য্যশীলদের (জান্নাতের) সুসংবাদ দাও। (সূরা আল-বাকারা, ২ঃ১৫৫)”

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Book:القرآن الكريم
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“Previously, leaving the couch and walking up to the television to change the channel might cost more effort than merely enduring the awful advertisement and associated anxiety. But with a remote in hand, the viewer can click a button and move away effortlessly. Add cable television and the ability to change channels without returning the set (not to mention hundreds of channels to watch instead of just three), and the audience's orientation to the program has utterly changed. The child armed with the remote control is no longer watching a television program, but watching television—moving away from anxiety states and into more pleasurable ones. Take note of yourself as you operate a remote control. You don't click the channel button because you are bored, but because you are mad: Someone you don't trust is attempting to make you anxious. You understand that it is an advertiser trying to make you feel bad about your hair (or lack of it), your relationship, or your current SSRI medication, and you click away in anger. Or you simply refuse to be dragged still further into a comedy or drama when the protagonist makes just too many poor decisions. Your tolerance for his complications goes down as your ability to escape becomes increasingly easy. And so today's television viewer moves from show to show, capturing important moments on the fly. Surf away from the science fiction show's long commercial break to catch the end of a basketball game's second quarter, make it over to the first important murder on the cop show, and then back to the science fiction show before the aliens show up.”

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Book:Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now
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