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“Art begins when a man, with a purpose of communicating to other people a feeling he once experienced, calls it up again within himself and expresses it by certain external signs.”
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“Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future.”
― 1984
― 1984
“The more divided a society becomes in terms of wealth, the more reluctant the wealthy are to spend money on common needs. The rich don’t need to rely on government for parks or education or medical care or personal security.”
― The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
― The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
“The protesters have called into question whether there is a real democracy. Real democracy is more than the right to vote once every two or four years. The choices have to be meaningful. But increasingly, and especially in the US, it seems that the political system is more akin to "one dollar one vote" than to "one person one vote". Rather than correcting the market failures, the political system was reinforcing them.”
― The Price Of Inequality
― The Price Of Inequality
Frances’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Frances’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
260 books
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22 friends
243 books
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19 friends
100 books
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20 friends
1,258 books
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41 friends
67 books
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6 friends
0 books
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2 friends
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