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“We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.”
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“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.”
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“Frederick Douglass taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom, but reading is still the path.”
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“Now normally I consider nostalgia to be a toxic impulse. It is the twinned, yearning delusion that (a) the past was better (it wasn’t) and (b) it can be recaptured (it can’t) that leads at best to bad art, movie versions of old TV shows, and sad dads watching Fox News. At worst it leads to revisionist, extremist politics, fundamentalist terrorism,”
― Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches
― Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches
“When is have a break?
We already had lunch, man. The next break happens when the work is over. I showed you on your gcal, remember?
When is have a break from self meat?
LOL. Uh, death, I guess. But that's more a permanent break. Sleep, if you count that - kind of like, diet death. Death junior.”
― Several People Are Typing
We already had lunch, man. The next break happens when the work is over. I showed you on your gcal, remember?
When is have a break from self meat?
LOL. Uh, death, I guess. But that's more a permanent break. Sleep, if you count that - kind of like, diet death. Death junior.”
― Several People Are Typing
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