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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."
Personal Development

"People who truly live their lives don't have time to complain or judge others. They're too busy enjoying life and love and everything in between!"

"Vulnerability gives us freedom, power and connects us to a network of injured souls. It is through the art of being real that we can heal ourself and others."

"Once born, how long a man will live matters. Once dead, how long he has lived doesn't."
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"I get younger people who watch Conan or The Daily Show, but before that it was mostly people who knew me from public radio. Those people are kind of old."


"I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations. I wanted to write about the Lincoln Memorial, so when I found out he had attended its dedication, that helped focus it further."


"I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren't without pretense. There was this idea in the town that if something was European it would be good."


"Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound like we should be on the radio. We don't sound professional; we sound like people you would know."


"History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history is interesting."


"The one time I was an actor, it happened to be in a globally dominant juggernaut. That was lucky."
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