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The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

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"I'm using my Kroger card as a bookmark! I accidently washed my wallet in the laundry last night. And I brought home a POUND of shrimp from work to eat for lunch today, I ate that last night. So we got that going for us" — 2 hours, 35 min ago

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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

by Carl Sagan

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""Deprovincialization" - still learning English! Also, and funny enough in the same sentence, "rankle". I mean I guess I've certainly heard the word before, probably half paying attention to a show or movie. Rankle. Quite onomatopoetic you might say" — Sep 16, 2026 12:42AM

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Stuart’s Quotes

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
― Margaret Mead

tags: activism, attributed-no-source, change, inspirational, life, philosophy, world

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“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

tags: truth

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“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
― George Orwell

tags: history, propaganda, rewriting-history

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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace

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