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Oliver Vugusu
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“It invites a search for ultimate causes: why were Europeans, rather than Africans or Native Americans, the ones to end up with guns, the nastiest germs, and steel?”
― Guns, Germs, and Steel
― Guns, Germs, and Steel
“Because it’s human nature to hope for impossible things.”
― My Not So Perfect Life
― My Not So Perfect Life
“You must determine where you are going in your life, because you cannot get there unless you move in that direction. Random wandering will not move you forward. It will instead disappoint and frustrate you and make you anxious and unhappy and hard to get along with (and then resentful, and then vengeful, and then worse).”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“Yes, world history is indeed such an onion!”
― Guns, Germs, and Steel
― Guns, Germs, and Steel
“Every time you see someone's bright-and-shiny, remember: They have their own crappy truths too. Of course they do. And every time you see your own crappy truth and feel despair and think, 'Is this my life?', remember: It's not. Everyone's got a bright-and-shiny, even if it's hard to find sometimes.”
― My Not So Perfect Life
― My Not So Perfect Life
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Oliver’s 2024 Year in Books
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