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Kevin is Currently Reading

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Einstein: His Life and Universe

by Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author)

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Feb 16, 2026 06:55AM

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On Love

by Alain de Botton (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 23, 2026 04:47PM

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The Conquest of Gaul

by Gaius Julius Caesar

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Kevin’s Notes & Highlights

Exhalation by Ted Chiang

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“Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity,”

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Kevin’s Quotes

“Better an end with horror than a horror without end.”
― Ferdinand von Schill

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“Strive for minimum waste, minimum profit, maximum distribution.”
― Henry Ford, My Life And Work

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“The problem with wise people. They always know what is wrong. So I never employ an expert in full bloom.”
― Henry Ford, My Life And Work

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“The end of money is not ease but the opportunity to perform more service.”
― Henry Ford, My Life And Work

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“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things..”
― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

tags: life, self-actualization, unrealized-potential

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