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think this is the ongoing problem with Baltimore—no matter how many times the city presents itself as something new, there’s always a counternarrative and a chorus of voices that say, “Nah, hon, I knew you when.” As if a city can’t be more
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“A man is just a woman's strategy for making other women.”
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“But if you’re striving for excellence—whether it’s in playing the guitar or flying a jet—there’s no such thing as over-preparation. It’s your best chance of improving your”
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
“Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large, that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests, and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.”
― Common Sense
― Common Sense
“It’s not enough to shelve your own competitive streak. You have to try, consciously, to help others succeed.”
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
“There is something powerful in the whispering of obscenities, about those in power. There's something delightful about it, something naughty, secretive, forbidden, thrilling. It's like a spell, of sorts. It deflates them, reduces them to the common denominator where they can be dealt with.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
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