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The argument that one should know the rules before breaking them is really an argument about who gets to make the rules, whose rules get to be the norms and determine the exceptions. To teach the writer from a “query” culture to use “ask”
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“I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.”
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“Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. ”
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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― As You Like It
― As You Like It
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OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
The Liberal Politics & Current Events Book Club
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Thais’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Thais’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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35 friends
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Comics, Contemporary, Fiction, Graphic novels, Memoir, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, and Science
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