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Christian is Currently Reading

Christian is currently reading

The New Avengers Omnibus, Vol. 2

by Brian Michael Bendis

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Christian’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World

Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas

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If the logic of our time had applied to the facts of an earlier age, someone would have put out a report suggesting that ending slavery was great for reducing the trade deficit.

Christian’s Quotes

“Cinema helps us to remember that although we all have the right to shine, some of us must shine in the background, out of focus, and not too brightly.”
― Richard Ayoade, Ayoade on Top

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“Whenever I hear a four-syllable word I get skeptical, because I want to make sure you can’t say it in monosyllables.”
― Noam Chomsky, Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky

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“As he died to make men holy, let us die to make things cheap.”
― Leonard Cohen, The Flame

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“I think I would remember forgetting that.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Authority

tags: forgetting, remembering

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“The only thing that makes life tolerable is that people forget most of the stupid things I say as soon as I finish saying them.”
― Charlie Jane Anders, The City in the Middle of the Night

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