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“Don't try to figure out what you want to do with the rest of your life. You are going to be a very different person in two or three years, and that person will have his own ideas. All you can really figure out is what you want to do right now.”
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“But there is something that’s a great deal more important than parental approval: learning to do without it. That’s what it means to become an adult.”
― Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
― Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
“A Great Man Has Two Hearts.
One Bleeds And The Other Forbears.”
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One Bleeds And The Other Forbears.”
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“We are convinced that liberty without socialism is privilege, injustice; and that socialism without liberty is slavery and brutality.”
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“I have heard from many high-achieving students who have asked me whether it wasn’t possible to be invested both in learning for its own sake and in being at the top. No, I’ve said, it isn’t possible. Learning for its own sake means exactly what it says: learning is the only reason that you’re doing it, because learning is what matters.”
― Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
― Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
Semiahmoo Book Club
— 9 members
— last activity Jun 02, 2015 08:46PM
Where the booknerds of Semiahmoo Secondary gather to discuss books and literature.
Pauline’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Pauline’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
103 books
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140 friends
113 books
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195 friends
557 books
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94 friends
221 books
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93 friends
33 books
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28 friends
50 books
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46 friends
22 books
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19 friends
6 books
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24 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Business, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Self help, Suspense, Thriller, and Travel
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