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Somehow people get the idea I think we should be given gumdrops whenever we do anything of value.

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The mob rushes in where individuals fear to tread.
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Army Battle Fear People
A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.
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Control Government Leaving Source
Let men be happy, informed, skillful, well behaved, and productive.
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Happiness Man Production Skill
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
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Problem Reality Science Technology
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
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Problem Reality Science Technology
Do not intervene between a person and the consequences of their own behavior.
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Attitude Judgement Person
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
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Education Failure Give Up Inspirational Mistake Perseverance Reality Stop Try
A disappointment is not generally an oversight. It might just be the best one can do the situation being what it is. The genuine error is to quit attempting.
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Best Disappointment Mistake Perspective Quit Try
Death does not trouble me. I have no fear of supernatural punishments, of course, nor could I enjoy an eternal life in which there would be nothing left for me to do, the task of living having been accomplished.
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Accomplishment Education Fear Live Punishment Trouble
Somehow people get the idea I think we should be given gumdrops whenever we do anything of value.
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Ideas Myself People Thinking Value
Except when physically restrained, a person is least free or dignified when he is under threat of punishment, and unfortunately most people often are.
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Dignity Freedom People Punishment
A child who has been severely punished for sex play is not necessarily less inclined to continue; and a man who has been imprisoned for violent assault is not necessarily less inclined toward violence.
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Children Men Necessary Play Punishment Sex Violence
A first principle not formally recognized by scientific methodologists: when you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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Principle Recognition Run Study Yourself
The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.
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Carry Important Positive Reality Way
Was putting a man on the moon actually easier than improving education in our public schools?
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We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
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Book Education Inspirational Love Reading Teaching

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