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Joel
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“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”
― The Origins of Totalitarianism
― The Origins of Totalitarianism
“When you're cold, don't expect sympathy from someone who's warm.”
― One Day in Life of Ivan Denisovich
― One Day in Life of Ivan Denisovich
“What's the use you learning to do right when it's troublesome to do right and ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?”
― The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
― The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better.”
― The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
― The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
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Joel’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Joel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,835 books
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242 friends
271 books
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17 friends
542 books
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35 friends
518 books
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22 friends
1,154 books
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13 friends
177 books
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11 friends
413 books
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307 friends
358 books
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18 friends
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Favorite Genres
Comics, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, History, Manga, Memoir, Mystery, Paranormal, Philosophy, and Science fiction
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