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“Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. It undergoes continual changes; it is barbarous, it is civilized, it is christianized, it is rich, it is scientific; but this change is not amelioration. For every thing that is given, something is taken.”
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
“To remain unknown in this modern world: that, indeed, is real power.”
― The Alchemyst
― The Alchemyst
“Sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whiskey and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind but falling in love and not getting arrested.”
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“You either commit yourself as a professional racing driver that's designed to win races or you come second or you come third or fifth and am not design to come third, fourth or fifth, I race to win.”
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“Hours slide by like minutes. The accumulated clutter of day-to-day existence — the lapses of conscience, the unpaid bills, the bungled opportunities, the dust under the couch, the inescapable prison of your genes — all of it is temporarily forgotten, crowded from your thoughts by an overpowering clarity of purpose and by the seriousness of the task at hand.”
― Into the Wild
― Into the Wild
Carlos’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Carlos’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
101 books
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84 friends
546 books
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115 friends
25 books
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72 friends
13 books
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213 friends
36 books
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64 friends
6 books
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107 friends
1 book
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23 friends
64 books
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66 friends
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