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іt’ѕ the worst роѕѕіblе іntеntіоnѕ thаt ѕоmеоnе еlѕе соuld read іntо our wоrdѕ or actions. Thаt mеаnѕ thаt if a white реrѕоn ѕауѕ, “America is a mеltіng pot,” thаt counts аѕ a microaggression – because someone else could tаkе it to ѕuggеѕt
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“if a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“He had said that our lives are steered by uncertainties, many of which are disruptive or even daunting; but that if we persevere and remain generous of heart, we may be granted a moment of lucidity—a moment in which all that has happened to us suddenly comes into focus as a necessary course of events, even as we find ourselves on the threshold of the life we had been meant to lead all along.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“Instead of committing suicide, people go to work.”
― Correction
― Correction
“After all, what can a first impression tell us about someone we’ve just met for a minute in the lobby of a hotel? For that matter, what can a first impression tell us about anyone? Why, no more than a chord can tell us about Beethoven, or a brushstroke about Botticelli. By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so delightfully contradictory, that they deserve not only our consideration, but our reconsideration—and our unwavering determination to withhold our opinion until we have engaged with them in every possible setting at every possible hour.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
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Bill’s 2025 Year in Books
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