Energy is the power that drives every human being. It is not lost by exertion but maintained by it, for it is a faculty of the psyche. (Germaine Greer)

Energy is the power that drives every human being. It is not lost by exertion but maintained by it, for it is a faculty of the psyche.

Germaine Greer

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