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2026-05-07 I started listening to this a few days ago and gosh, am I glad I did:1. The narrator is a really great vet at this and gets the tone just right - not too formal, but not sloppy at all either. Really great enunciation, style, and conveyance ...more "
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2026-01-07 about 30% into this fascinating and very popular and influential book.Many good insights and lessons.
But a surprising number of strange omissions:
- not one mention of Dale Carnegie or his bestseller/classic "How to win friends and influenc ...more "
No man can attract money if he despises it. Many people are kept in poverty by saying: "Money means nothing to me, and I have a contempt for people who have it." This is the reason so many artists are poor.
True. Amazing, considering all the other anti-reality quotations.
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“On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
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Classical (Laissez-Faire) Liberalism
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Including within it neo-liberalism, libertarianism, objectivism, anarcho-capitalism, minarchism, and American conservatism, this classical or "market" ...more
Small Government Book Fan Club
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This is a group to bring together libertarians/conservatives/Objectivists who enjoy reading fiction authors expressing that worldview in their work. W ...more
Austrian School of Economics
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A group devoted to books related to the Austrian School of economics and libertarian political and social theory.
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For book lovers who hold equal inherent inalienable rights sacred. Let's have a tea party. ...more
Objectivism: Ayn Rand and Beyond
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A group to discuss Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism in a critical, yet respectful way. Discussion is not limited to what Rand wrote. In addition t ...more
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