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Desire is not a function of data. It’s a function of other people’s desires.
“We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.”
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“Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farmworkers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.”
― Long Walk to Freedom
― Long Walk to Freedom
“Though we tremble before uncertain futures
may we meet illness, death and adversity with strength
may we dance in the face of our fears.
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may we meet illness, death and adversity with strength
may we dance in the face of our fears.
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“What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.”
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“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
David’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at David’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
97 books
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300 friends
1,889 books
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49 friends
4,993 books
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206 friends
106 books
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439 friends
668 books
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123 friends
171 books
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220 friends
799 books
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124 friends
219 books
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54 friends
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