“One hour a day withdrawn from frivolous pursuits and profitably employed would enable any man of ordinary capacity to master a complete science. One hour a day would in ten years make an ignorant man a well-informed man…In an hour a day, a boy or girl could read twenty pages thoughtfully—over seven thousand pages, or eighteen large volumes in a year. An hour a day might make all the difference between bare existence and useful, happy living. An hour a day might make—nay, has made—an unknown man a famous one, a useless man a benefactor to his race.”
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“My teacher taught me a ton of things. Some of it was invaluable, some of it was completely useless. Yours did too, right? Lots of things... countless things. We're on our way there there, too, you know? To their side. The side that leaves behind instead of inherits. It may be troublesome but its the way of the world.”
― Naruto, Vol. 44: Senjutsu Heir
― Naruto, Vol. 44: Senjutsu Heir
“And above all, study, study, study ! All the genius in the world will not help you along with any art unless you become a hard student. It”
― SUCCESS. A book of ideas, helps and examples for all desiring to make the most of life
― SUCCESS. A book of ideas, helps and examples for all desiring to make the most of life
“Dispense with the doctor by being temperate; the lawyer by keeping out of debt; the demagogue, by voting for honest men; and poverty, by being industrious.”
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“They didn’t shoot Dad the clean way, like Joe Hill, but they ground him down, year after year, burning out his Wob fires (and he was Aries, a real fire sign) with their cops, their courts, their jails, and their taxes, their corporations, their cages for the spirit and cemeteries for the soul, their plastic liberalism and murderous Marxism,”
― The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid/The Golden Apple/Leviathan
― The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid/The Golden Apple/Leviathan
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