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Educar con Inteligencia Emocional

by Maurice J. Elias

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A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era

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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World

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""Writing systems, after all, exist to record what people say, not viceversa. There is no other case in history of a change in writing technology [Arameic alphabetical script] inducing a change in popular speech."" — Nov 06, 2017 10:47AM

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JJ’s Quotes

“To gain a new mindset you need to repeatedly practice habits. Habits, not ideas, are the programming language of human beings.”
― Danny Dover, The Minimalist Mindset

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“with the exception of Chinese, even the languages that originated writing, and so made the earliest use of it, have dropped their original system, and borrowed another,”
― Nicholas Ostler, Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World

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“A public employee, having no self-respect, needs and demands a show of public respect.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Friday

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“In the world there was evil and much of it resulted from doubt, from an honest confusion among men of good will. Would a reasonable God refuse to end it? Not finally reveal Himself? Not speak?”
― William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist

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“According to Icelandic folklore, thousands of elves, fairies, dwarves, and gnomes—collectively known as “hidden people”—live in rocks and trees throughout the country. It is no wonder, then, that the world’s only elf school is located in Reykjavík.”
― Joshua Foer, Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders

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