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Quote by Ayn Rand

“I am, therefore I'll think.”

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American novelist and philosopher, known for her novels and philosophical ideas. Her works emphasize individualism, free markets, and rationalism, and have had a profound impact on politics and philosophy in the late 20th century. more

“Without institutional obligations, the upkeep of friendships require must be very deliberate... However, the weakness of friendship is also the source of its immeasurable strength. Why do true friendships make us happier than spouses or children? Because they're always a deliberate choice, never an obligation... Someone does not cease to be your parent, boss, or spouse because you stop liking them. Friendship is more real because either person can walk away at any time. Its fragility proves its purity.”

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Book:Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong

Source: Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong

“She'll realize that she would still do anything to just be one of them. And she'll realize that she hasn't really changed at all. And that maybe nothing ever does. All there is is living with it.”

Change Grief Friends Trauma

Book:The Grown-Ups

Source: The Grown-Ups

“To Aristotle, friends “are disposed toward each other as they are disposed to themselves: a friend is another self.” … Your brain is like a clever lawyer, twisting the words in Darwin’s contract. Selfishness can actually be altruism— if I believe that you are me.”

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Book:Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong

Source: Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong

“You are the company you keep (and the company that keeps you). You must manage the crowd that you hang out with. Your circle can make or break your career and life, and you won’t even realize it till it’s too late.”

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Book:Let's Get Real: 42 Tips for the Stuck Manager

Source: Let's Get Real: 42 Tips for the Stuck Manager

“I had suspected gay friends at school, they came out as adults. They liked to hang out with the girls and had feminine behaviors and voices.”

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Author:Steven Magee

“My ex was raising my daughter to be gay. She had a lot of gay friends and was dressing her in rainbow clothes.”

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Author:Steven Magee

“You are the company you keep.”

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Book:Leadership by Example: Be a role model who inspires greatness in others

Source: Leadership by Example: Be a role model who inspires greatness in others

“I was friendless not because I didn’t understand people but because I understood them too well. Most of them weren’t worth the effort.”

People Loneliness Friends Dystopian

Author:Kirten McDougall

“You are here sitting in front of me but so are all your lovers your friends and family too every person you’ve been in life with is at our table drinking wine and I wonder have we ever been alone? Truly alone? and how can this be when I, too, don my tribe like pearls when I wear my people like perfume”

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Author:Kamand Kojouri

“Beware The Man Who Cares Not For Keeping Friends, For He Will Tell You All The Truths That May Hurt Your Spirit”

Honesty Friends Truthfulness

Book:Whispers of Wisdom: Philosophical Quotes of Luc Jorgart

Source: Whispers of Wisdom: Philosophical Quotes of Luc Jorgart

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