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“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
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“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
― Politics and the English Language
― Politics and the English Language
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
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“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
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“It is possible to argue that the really influential book is not that which converts ten millions of casual readers, but rather that which converts the very few who, at any given moment, succeed in seizing power. Marx and Sorel have been influential in the modern world, not so much because they were best-sellers (Sorel in particular was not at all a widely read author), but because among their few readers were two men, called respectively Lenin and Mussolini.”
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Ryan’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Ryan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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26 friends
1,358 books
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295 books
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161 books
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620 books
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242 books
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225 books
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876 books
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223 friends
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