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“A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.”
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“-You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot!”
― Catch-22
― Catch-22
“The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
[Commencement Address at Yale University, June 11 1962]”
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[Commencement Address at Yale University, June 11 1962]”
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“A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.”
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“A Radical is a man with both feet firmly planted--in the air. A Conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A Reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A Liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest--at the command--of his head.”
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Chris’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Chris’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
871 books
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31 friends
146 books
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5 friends
1,058 books
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64 books
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175 books
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5 friends
84 books
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70 friends
238 books
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94 books
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15 friends
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