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Kyle West

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“It really doesn't bother me," she said. "I've always thought it stupid to try to hide your age, or to pretend to be younger than you are. Denying your age is like denying your life.”
― Arturo Pérez-Reverte, The Fencing Master: A Deadly Arcane Secret and a Beautiful Woman Draw a Master into the Shadowy Politics of Madrid

tags: age

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“My environment reflects the life I've led, the places I've visited and the people I've loved.”
― Virginia Nicholson, Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939

tags: bohemianism, living

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“A book is much more than a delivery vehicle for its contents.”
― Allison Hoover Bartlett, The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession

tags: artifacts, book-lover, books

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“After the war, I went to the University of Chicago, where I was pleased to study anthropology, a science that was mostly poetry, that involved almost no math at all.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage

tags: anthropology

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“It's not an advantage to be without a PhD. But it's an advantage not to have taken a PhD because of the things that they do to you to get you into the slot that they want you in.”
― Joseph Campbell, The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work

tags: education

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The Vonnegut Reading Group — 411 members — last activity Jan 28, 2023 07:44AM
Reading every Kurt Vonnegut novel and short story collection....in the order is was written!

Anthropology, Philosophy, and STS — 109 members — last activity Oct 31, 2016 03:18AM
A group for students or readers of anthropology, practitioners of anthropology, or dabblers in the field. Any philosophy or STS books that seem releva ...more

Goodreads Librarians Group — 317526 members — last activity 1 minute ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

CASE Academy Kickstarter - Crime + Mystery Readers and Writers — 41 members — last activity Feb 20, 2015 05:26AM
Ever wanted to know whether your novel was scientifically accurate? Pined for the chance to talk to a real-life forensic scientist about something you ...more