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“There’s two kinds of people in this world when you boil it all down. You got your talkers and you got your doers. Most people are just talkers, all they do is talk. But when it is all said and done, it’s the doers that change this world. And when they do that, they change us, and that’s why we never forget them. So which one are you? Do you just talk about it, or do you stand up and do something about it? Because believe you me, all the rest of it is just coffee house bullshit.”
— David Della Rocco
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The Shame of Poverty
Robert Walker
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1 The Origins of Poverty
This chapter argues that more attention should be paid to the psychosocial dimensions of poverty and notably to shame experienced as a result of living in poverty. Such shame is internally felt but structurally imposed by social institutions and by people who are not poor. Shame associated with poverty is painful, constrains human agency, and may contribute to the persistence of poverty. The chapter explains that poverty is a political construct and traces its origins to the writings of Confucius in China, to the Vedic culture of ancient India, and to philosophers and politicians in the ancient Graeco-Roman world. These ideas have been carried forward and only partially transformed by the vectors of religion and ideology including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Confucianism, and secularism. Poverty has almost invariably been construed as a policy problem and very often as a consequence of the personal failings of the people affected by poverty.
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“Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.”
— Theodore Roosevelt
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Law of Supply and Demand in Economics: How It Works
The law of demand posits that as prices rise for a given resource, product, or commodity, demand declines; conversely, as prices fall, demand increases. On the supply side, the law posits that as price rises, producers supply more of a resource, product, or commodity; as prices fall, so does supply.
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“Ideas are the root of creation.”
— Ernest Dimnet
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“Money doesn’t change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out, that’s all.”
— Henry Ford
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How self-deception allows people to lie
We lie to ourselves to protect our self-images, which allows us to act immorally while maintaining a clear conscience. According to the very latest research, self-deception may have even evolved to help us to persuade others; if we start believing our own lies, it’s much easier to get other people to believe them, too.
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People post quotes for various reasons, including to express their beliefs, inspire others, share wisdom, evoke emotions, or simply because they resonate with the message. Quotes often condense complex ideas into concise and memorable phrases, making them easily shareable and relatable on social media platforms or in everyday conversation.
— By ChatGPT
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What are we hiding from ourselves?
What truths are we running from?
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Self-Deception: Why We Do It and How to Stop It
We all do it. We engage in self-deception—hiding the truth from ourselves about our true feelings, motives, or circumstances. When we’re deceiving ourselves, we’re denying evidence, logic, or reality and rationalizing choices or behaviors to serve a false narrative. We’re not seeing or viewing things accurately. Our self-deception can be conscious or unconscious, controlled or automatic, acute or chronic.
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“I find it so amazing when people tell me that electronic music has no soul. You can’t blame the computer. If there’s no soul in the music, it’s because nobody put it there.”
— Björk