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Breaking the Mould: Reimagining India's Economic Future

by Raghuram G. Rajan

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1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)

by Haruki Murakami

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Wish I Could Tell You by Durjoy Datta

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We find creative ways to be assholes every day.

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“We know with much more clarity what is bad than what is good.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

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“Hapiness is as exclusive as a butterfly, and you must never pursue it. If you stay very still, it may come and settle on your hand. But only briefly. Savour those moments, for they will not come in your way very often.”
― Ruskin Bond, A Little Book of Life

tags: happiness

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“We find creative ways to be assholes every day.”
― Durjoy Datta, Wish I Could Tell You

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“Patience is a conquering virtue.”
― Geoffrey Chaucer

tags: canterbury-tales, chaucer, franklin-s-tale, patience

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“Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

tags: femininity, liars, manipulation, men-and-women, narcissism, narcissists, politicians, politics, preachers, sociopathology, sociopaths, women

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