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Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880

by W.E.B. Du Bois

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Book cover for Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter and Organize to Make More Room for Happiness

Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter and Organize to Make More Room for Happiness by Gretchen Rubin

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NEVER LABEL ANYTHING “MISCELLANEOUS.” And don’t use a term that’s a synonym for “miscellaneous.” I once created a file called active useful documents and then never looked in it again.

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“Black tea is steeped in imperialism. That's what gives it its flavor. Anything this flavorful has to be hiding an incredible amount of carnage.”
― Un-su Kim, The Plotters

tags: history, imperialism, thoughtful

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“That is to say, cats have no masters. They only recognize friends and subordinates.”
― Un-su Kim, The Cabinet

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“Cleverness has a special piquancy when it blooms out of the fraying sleeve of failure.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Jack

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“Reading books will doom you to a life of fear and shame.”
― Un-su Kim, The Plotters

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“I’m a simple man who was brought up by a complicated man. So I have mannerisms and so on. Vocabulary. People can be misled.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Jack

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