Carolina QuotesConsistent failure to attain goals throughout life results in defeatism, low self-esteem or depression.
Ted Kaczynski Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"The Power Process", paragraph 36
- work
- Industrial Society and Its Future (1995)
- year
- 1995
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