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“I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and type of parts they need. So I figure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason. And that means you have to be here for some reason, too.”
― The Invention of Hugo Cabret
― The Invention of Hugo Cabret
“You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.”
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“wisdom begins in wonder”
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“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.”
― The Republic
― The Republic
“Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was meant to do...Maybe it's the same with people," Hugo continued. "If you lose your purpose...it's like your broken.”
― The Invention of Hugo Cabret
― The Invention of Hugo Cabret
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Stan’s 2025 Year in Books
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