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“Thomas Edison is suing me for one billion dollars.”
Where do numbers like this come from? What if Westinghouse isn’t worth it?
“In Sweden, self-sufficiency and autonomy is all; [interpersonal] debt of any kind, be it emotional, a favor, or cash, is to be avoided at all cost. The Swedes don't even like to owe a round of drinks.”
― The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
― The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
“Perhaps Danish happiness is not really happiness at all, but something much more valuable and durable: contentedness, being satisfied with your lot, low-level needs being met, higher expectations being kept in check.”
― The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
― The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
“You can all go to hell; I will go to Texas”
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“Swedes don't like to ask favors of each other: they keep their problems to themselves and suffer in silence. Being duktig is one facet of this: if you are duktig then you don't need any help, and as duktighet is the ultimate ideal for Swedes; to ask for help - or even to give it - is a kind of low-level social taboo.”
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“If the reader thinks he is done, now, and that this book has no moral to it, he is in error. The moral of it is this: If you are of any account, stay at home and make your way by faithful diligence; but if you are "no account," go away from home, and then you will *have* to work, whether you want to or not. Thus you become a blessing to your friends by ceasing to be a nuisance to them - if the people you go among suffer by the operation.”
― Roughing It
― Roughing It
Stanford Book Club
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A place for students and alumni of Stanford to discuss literature.
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Hey Y’all, We’ve been reading together for awhile and we don’t know about you, but we’re ready to hear your thoughts and opinions. This group is a pl ...more
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— last activity Feb 26, 2025 07:22AM
**Please send your Facebook name when requesting this page to verify membership** Stronger Spine is a 100% text-based book club for anyone who identi ...more
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