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What about the nest of the Baltimore bird? Who taught this bird that fine art? Why do all nests built by these birds look alike? If you say it is the instinct, then that is one way out of the question; but it is an inadequate answer. What
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“My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.”
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“If you are interested in something, you will focus on it, and if you focus attention on anything, it is likely that you will become interested in it. Many of the things we find interesting are not so by nature, but because we took the trouble of paying attention to them.”
― Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life
― Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life
“Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you'll never know where you'll get an idea from...”
― Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements
― Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements
“Shame upon you, O soul, for your overweening love of the world! If you do not believe in heaven or hell, at any rate you believe in death, which will snatch from you all worldly delights and cause you to feel the pangs of separation from them, which will be intenser just in proportion as you have attached yourself to them.”
― The Alchemy of Happiness
― The Alchemy of Happiness
“The self-effacing person is soothing and gracious, while the self-promoting person is fragile and jarring. Humility is freedom from the need to prove you are superior all the time, but egotism is a ravenous hunger in a small space—self-concerned, competitive, and distinction-hungry. Humility is infused with lovely emotions like admiration, companionship, and gratitude.”
― The Road to Character
― The Road to Character
Fati’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Fati’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
661 books
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559 friends
3 books
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45 friends
624 books
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67 friends
342 books
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70 friends
147 books
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85 friends
406 books
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50 friends
7 books
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42 friends
248 books
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64 friends
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