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Maybe it would be better to acknowledge, like the Greeks, that a lot of behavior we call addiction is really a love of pleasure that carries the force of habit. We become addicted mostly because of the central issue in all self-control problems, which is the disproportionate value we place on short-term rewards.: Daniel Akst, We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in an Age of Excess, 2011
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At least one study of blocked writers has found that they were more productive and more creative when they were essentially forced to write instead of scribbling only when the mood struck them.: Daniel Akst, We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in an Age of Excess, 2011
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When love begins to sicken and decay, it useth an enforced ceremony.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Julius Caesar, Act IV, sc. 2
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We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search not merely of its road but even of its direction. There are many voices of counsel, but few voices of vision; there is much excitement and feverish activity, but little concert of thoughtful purpose. We are distressed by our own ungoverned, undirected energies and do many things, but nothing long. It is our duty to find ourselves.: Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924), Baccalaureate address, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, June 9, 1907
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There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.: William F. Halsey
For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from the force of character.: Baruch Spinoza (1632 - 1677), Tractatus Politicus
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The more I study the world, the more I am convinced of the inability of brute force to create anything durable.: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
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There are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not even enough courts too enforce a law not supported by the people.: Hubert H. Humphrey (1911 - 1978)
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Laws not enforced cease to be laws, and rights not defended may wither away.: Thomas Moriarty
We should have a new force called the Space Force. It’s like the Army and the Navy, but for space, because we’re spending a lot of money on space.: Donald Trump (1946 - ), Press conference, March 13, 2018

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