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What do you get when you take a fully grown onion and begin peeling away the layers to the very core?
First, you get a whole lot of tears and then you find a beautiful pearl in the centre. This is the pearl which emerged from a small, single-room penitentiary lockdown in Florida after nearly seven years of hardcore incarceration.
Banned in the US for many years because of its profanity and liberal portrayal of teenage angst and sexuality, ‘The catcher in the rye’ was eventually chosen as one of the world’s 100 best novels by Time magazine.
The author, J.D. Salinger, retired to a remote island and lived as a recluse for the remaining decades of his life and his novel eventually became a common staple of high school and college curricula throughout the world.
Throughout history, all major advancements have come about through the discovery of individuals who gathered together the information of their time and came to a particular conclusion which had previously gone unnoticed by others in the field.
Such changes in the currents of thought are classically described by Thomas Kuhn in his classic work ‘The structure of scientific revolutions’ where he explains how the general public is often slow to come to full awareness about the most significant of historic discoveries.
Running may seem like a daunting workout, but you don’t have to be an athlete to incorporate running into your weekly workout routine.
To give you an example of the mineral concentration of fruits, I want to tell you the difference between a piece of fruit and Gatorade.
We actually had someone ask what the difference is and why it would be a better choice to go with the fruit so I made a video about it.
Oh, the misery!
Your head is pounding, your whole body aches, and there’s nobody – nobody – around to pamper you.
You’ll just have to pamper yourself.
Whether it’s heights, flying or public speaking, a profound fear can compromise the quality of your life. Don’t live with yours another minute.
If all the important things in the world – peace, hunger, poverty – this is pretty much the most important.
So listen closely.
You never know what kind of pesticides or dirt may be lurking on the skin of your favourite fruits and vegetables.
That’s why it’s always a good idea to thoroughly wash your produce before eating it.
Can’t remember names, dates, or even why you walked into a room?
Luckily there are a lot of things that you can do to increase your memory power.
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