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I recently saw a comment in an interview with another student of O Sensei: (paraphrased) "In later years, O sensei would just give these long lectures that no one understood..." Well, Saotome Sensei certainly applied himself to understanding
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Yep, she rants a little bit (like a reformed smoker - she admits it) but I'm liking the book. about 1/2 way through, so far. Giving me lots of motivation to spend more time with the Permaculture books my wife has been wanting me to read.
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“Children know perfectly well that unicorns aren’t real, but they also know that books about unicorns, if they are good books, are true books.”
― The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction
― The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction
“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
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“The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead
“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
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“Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artists metaphysical value judgments.”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead
Gordon’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Gordon’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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