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As if the right runes, scratched in the dirt, could produce a bag of groceries.
“Most of the private “physicians” visited by the people we talked to in Rajasthan were not qualified doctors but quacks of one kind or another—what in Rajasthan are slightingly referred to as “Bengali doctors.”
― The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
― The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
“If told I am a bad poet, I smile; but if told I am a poor scholar, I reach for my heaviest dictionary.”
― Strong Opinions
― Strong Opinions
“But on average over all the countries, rich or poor, a fourfold difference in incomes comes with a one-point increase in the evaluation of life.”
― The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
― The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
“Love is the fart Of every heart: It pains a man when 'tis kept close, And others doth offend, when 'tis let loose. ”
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“It was one of the dullest speeches I ever heard. The Agee woman told us for three quarters of an hour how she came to write her beastly book, when a simple apology was all that was required.”
― The Girl in Blue
― The Girl in Blue
All Things Italy
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For those of you who wonder, as I do, if similar taste in books can translate to similar taste in music... This group is for posting mixtapes in a mo ...more
The Transition Movement
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This group is dedicated to readings and discussion related to the Transition Movement started by Rob Hopkins. The movement started in Ireland and En ...more
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Are you interested in world literature, and works in translation? Come here for recommendations, resources, links, advice on who the best translator o ...more
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