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Toby Newton
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“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
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“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”
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“We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.”
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“The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated. ”
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“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
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Toby’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Toby’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,025 books
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1,918 friends
2,391 books
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2,911 friends
4,362 books
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938 friends
1,144 books
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100 friends
605 books
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22 friends
190 books
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81 friends
400 books
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126 friends
180 books
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22 friends
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