I do not support some of my Facebook friends, who declare their dislike for banks.
It comes to the fact that they dream that the server of the bank with their debts burned down or broke down.
I myself often lent money and acted as a bank. And I’ve always been …
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I remember I had one bully in my class. He did not like high achievers and activists. Because of this, I often had to fight him. At that time I thought: “It would be nice if he were transferred to another class or another school.” It seemed to me that this was the solution to my problem. But …
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Recently I had an intimate talk with one colleague. He is much younger than I am and only begins a career.
– How old are you now? What did you achieve by your years? Does it correspond to your life plans? – I began the conversation in instructive tones as an elder.
– Everything …
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Two brothers inherited a plot of land and could not divide it. Each of them wanted to get a more fertile part, and no one wanted to give in.
Then they went to a wise man for advice. He listened to them and asked the elder brother to draw a line on the land …
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Recently many well-off Kazakhstanis send their children at a very early age to study abroad. It’s not even about studying at a university, but about secondary education. 15-16-year-old boys and girls leave. This is done to ensure that children learn the foreign language better and are prepared to enter the university.
But I have …
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Chess is a brilliant game. Among other things, it teaches oppositional thinking, that is, thinking for the enemy. A good chess player never makes a move for nothing. He thinks of many moves ahead for himself and for the enemy. He mentally puts himself in the opponent’s place and tries to find the best response to his own …
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I remember how we, Kazakhstani conscripts, got into the training instruction part of the USSR communications troops. It was a motley cauldron: Georgians, Uzbeks, Chechens, Kazakhs, Ukrainians. On the third day, skirmishes began on a national basis. Then there was a massive fight between the Kazakhs and Georgians. The commanders were in a panic, and …
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I have never worn and will not carry jewelries: rings (except for engagement), seals, chains, bracelets.
What for?
I do not understand the men who are afflicted with all this.…
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It is said that the new broom sweeps in a new way, or there is such a term as “to inject fresh blood”.
In these expressions, of course, it makes sense. Updating in any team is necessary, otherwise – stagnation.
But there is another extreme of this phenomenon.
I remember when I came to …
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Speaking about freedom of speech, it is important to distinguish two things: facts and judgments.
Facts are events that took place in reality.
Perceptions are the subjective opinion of an individual about a particular phenomenon.
Freedom of speech is to …
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