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As an old Chinese adage has it, “Numbers make officials, so officials make up numbers.”
“Chi ha compagno ha padrone—”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“Never use someone else’s engine, if you can help it,”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“Between 2011 and 2013, China laid more cement than the United States did during the entire twentieth century.”
― China's Great Wall of Debt: Shadow Banks, Ghost Cities, Massive Loans, and the End of the Chinese Miracle
― China's Great Wall of Debt: Shadow Banks, Ghost Cities, Massive Loans, and the End of the Chinese Miracle
“Some things are within our power, while others are not. Within our power are opinion, motivation, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever is of our own doing; not within our power are our body, our property, reputation, office, and, in a word, whatever is not of our own doing.” —Epictetus”
― The Art of Letting Go: Stop Overthinking, Stop Negative Spirals, and Find Emotional Freedom
― The Art of Letting Go: Stop Overthinking, Stop Negative Spirals, and Find Emotional Freedom
mike schmid’s 2025 Year in Books
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