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“There are three kinds of people: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those who move.”
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“They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
—written for the Pennsylvania Assembly in its Reply to the Governor, 11 November 1755”
― Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin Volume 2
—written for the Pennsylvania Assembly in its Reply to the Governor, 11 November 1755”
― Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin Volume 2
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
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“The Republican party is the party of nostalgia. It seeks to return America to a simpler, more innocent and moral past that never actually existed. The Democrats are utopians. They seek to create an America so fair and non-judgmental that life becomes an unbearable series of apologies.
Together, the two parties function like giant down comforters, allowing a candidate to disappear into the enveloping softness, protecting them from exposure to the harsh weather of independent thought.”
― America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
Together, the two parties function like giant down comforters, allowing a candidate to disappear into the enveloping softness, protecting them from exposure to the harsh weather of independent thought.”
― America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
“Nobody has the right to not be offended. That right doesn't exist in any declaration I have ever read.
If you are offended it is your problem, and frankly lots of things offend lots of people.
I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn't occur to me to burn the bookshop down. If you don't like a book, read another book. If you start reading a book and you decide you don't like it, nobody is telling you to finish it.
To read a 600-page novel and then say that it has deeply offended you: well, you have done a lot of work to be offended.”
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If you are offended it is your problem, and frankly lots of things offend lots of people.
I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn't occur to me to burn the bookshop down. If you don't like a book, read another book. If you start reading a book and you decide you don't like it, nobody is telling you to finish it.
To read a 600-page novel and then say that it has deeply offended you: well, you have done a lot of work to be offended.”
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Timothy’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Timothy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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333 books
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657 books
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437 books
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324 books
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330 books
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889 friends
39 books
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1,408 friends
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