It is naive to suppose that something that has been expressed in one form can be expressed in another without significantly changing its meaning, texture or value. Much prose translates fairly well from one language to another, but we know that poetry does not; we may get a rough idea of the sense of a translated poem but usually everything else is lost, especially that which makes it an object of beauty. The translation makes it into something it was not. Neil Postman
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  1. I am responsible for my own existence and happiness.
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  3. Fear and pain should be treated as signals not to close our eyes but to open them wider.
  4. Self-discipline is the ability to organize your behavior over time in the service of specific goals.
  5. The challenge for people today--and it is not and easy one--is to maintain high personal standards even while feeling that one is living in a moral sewer.
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