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“I suddenly realized that if we are sitting around waiting — maybe even begging and pleading — for our circumstances to change so that we can finally live life the way we really want to live, chances are very good that we will stay stuck waiting forever.”
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“Opportunity is often missed because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
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“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
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And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
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“Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.”
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“The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary purpose of our public schools. The mind of a child is naturally active, it develops through exercise. Give a child plenty of exercise, for body and brain. The trouble with our way of educating is that it does not give elasticity to the mind. It casts the brain into a mold. It insists that the child must accept. It does not encourage original thought or reasoning, and it lays more stress on memory than observation.”
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Ash’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Ash’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
346 books
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24 friends
30,887 books
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6 friends
7 books
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93 friends
116 books
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54 friends
23 books
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13 friends
0 books
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15 friends
302 books
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14 friends
64 books
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257 friends
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