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Ian Harrison

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Ian is Currently Reading

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The Collectors

by Philip Pullman

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George Orwell Collection: [The Complete Works] (Essential Orwell Classics Book 13)

by George Orwell

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Heavy Weather (Blandings Castle, #5)

by P.G. Wodehouse

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Ian’s Quotes

“Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness”
― Epictetus

tags: inspirational

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“I gave the prescribed Metropolitan Police "first greeting".
"Oi!" I said "What do you think you're doing?”
― Ben Aaronovitch

tags: peter-grant

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“If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.”
― Epictetus

tags: history, humility, philosophy

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“Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.”
― Epictetus

tags: control, freedom, goal, happiness, life, philosophy

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“Nothing is more important than that you see and love the beauty that is right in front of you, or else you will have no defense against the ugliness that will hem you in and come at you in so many ways.”
― Neal Stephenson, Anathem

tags: beauty, ugliness

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