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“Thinking has, many a time, made me sad, darling; but doing never did in all my life... My precept is, "Do something, my sister, do good if you can; but, at any rate, do something".”
― North and South
― North and South
“There is nothing that teaches you more than regrouping
after failure and moving on. Yet most people are stricken with
fear. They fear failure so much that they fail. They are too
conditioned, too used to being told what to do. It begins with
the family, runs through school and goes into the business
world.”
― The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship
after failure and moving on. Yet most people are stricken with
fear. They fear failure so much that they fail. They are too
conditioned, too used to being told what to do. It begins with
the family, runs through school and goes into the business
world.”
― The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship
“If you're going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind.”
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“The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.”
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“There is nothing in the world more difficult than candor, and nothing easier than flattery. If there is a hundredth of a fraction of a false note to candor, it immediately produces dissonance, and as a result, exposure. But in flattery, even if everything is false down to the last note, it is still pleasant, and people will listen not without pleasure; with coarse pleasure, perhaps, but pleasure nevertheless.”
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Olga’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Olga’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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753 friends
381 books
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43 friends
208 books
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189 friends
13 books
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2,798 friends
247 books
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13 books
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78 friends
491 books
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240 friends
0 books
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151 friends
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