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Are people inherently good or evil?

Go to a playground and watch little kids being bullied by other kids. This is an innate kind of behavior. No one has to teach it to them. It's programmed into their little reptilian brains. Some people never learn to control the thoughts that emanate from the reptilian brain!

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Are people inherently good or evil?

When I do security assessments, I am not considering attacks from wild animals.

No, I am planning protections from humam predators.

Kind of funny, isn't it?

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My cousin has a big wedding coming up and I'm a bridesmaid - I've pretty much already got everything I need for the wedding.

In all families there are social obligations.

What does it tell you about a guy who doesn't want to meet those obligations?

It tells you that he is not husband material.

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Nasty grandmother.

You should get a cat!

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I guess I'm going to let it go...

If you had a lifespan of 10,000 years, you could afford to waste half a decade in a relationship that is going nowhere, but you don't.

Drop terminal turkeys as soon as you realize they are terminal turkeys--and move on!

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what happens after you commit suicide...

Dante referred to the "Wood of the Suicides" in "The Inferno." The people who had killed themselves were rooted there as trees.

No, suicide is a very unpleasant prospect. I never want to find out what awaits those who take their own lives.

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Nobody believes or understands me usually when I say that it's "bad timing"

But Jebus is right. Why would anyone want to throw beloved animals into a situation they likely would not survive?

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No one understands the sentence "Stop hitting yourself" quite like I do.

A concussed brain is not so good at solving problems.

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Nobody believes or understands me usually when I say that it's "bad timing"

Life is a gift not to be discarded.

No one is disposable or redundant.

We must never let ourselves be judged by the standards of this world.

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Why are you here?

I feel--therefore I am.

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