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To the north of the Sumerian lands was a city state of Semitic-speaking people, Akkad. Just like the Sumerian city states, Akkad was ruled by a king. Somewhere around 2,300 BCE, a new leader took power in Akkad, a man named Sargon of Akkad
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“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Beauty will save the world.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.”
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“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
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