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You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

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Quote of the Week 48 " You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave . " ― Don Henley &  Glenn Frey ( Eagles , " Hotel California " song text ) One of the greatest guitar solos of all time - just after these final lines at 4:18 .

Words are invitations to learn abstract categories.

Quote of the Week 47 " Words are invitations to learn abstract categories. " ― Lisa Feldman Barrett As stated in the " Surprising Truths about the Human Brain " episode (at 1h:15m) of The Psychology Podcast . Possibly paraphrasing " Words are invitations to learn about categories " by  Sandra Waxman   and  William Thompson.

What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.

Quote of the Week 46 " What progress, you ask, have I made?    I have begun to be a friend to myself. " ― Seneca Triggered by a recent @DailyStoic tweet : pic.twitter.com/YxnYCGYMYA — Daily Stoic (@dailystoic) November 6, 2023 See also: " This is what progress looks like ".

Chance is the only legitimate king in the universe.

Quote of the Week 45 " Chance is the only legitimate king in the universe. " ― Napoleon Bonaparte Cited in the book " Empire of Chance  -  The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things ".