High and prolonged levels of stress have negative effects particularly on the memory system,
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James Smithson
True greatness consists in being great in little things.
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I don't think you can ever be ahead of your time with cynicism about that subject. No, I don't think it was ahead of its time. I think it was very much a product of its time.
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