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Re:How the self-esteem craze took over America (2017) by imtringued on Sunday November 29, 2020 @06:32AM (#25244534)
All quotes are equally worthless so I don't know why you bring that up.

People quote people because they want to express the same sentiment but they believe someone else did it better. Not because they believe the quote to be an absolute truth.

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Re:How the self-esteem craze took over America (2017) by WalterBright on Sunday November 29, 2020 @06:04PM (#25248918)
Picard's "wisdom" does not come from a man experienced in battle and leading men and flying a starship around the galaxy.

It comes from a person who has likely commanded nothing more than a typewriter. The real world does not work like the fantasy saccharin world of Star Trek, and wise sayings from it being applicable to the real world would just be happenstance.

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