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I want to read the Prince. I think there are probably parallel in the way Robinson ruled his island and the wisdom in the Prince.
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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
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“The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.”
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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
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