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“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.”
― Winston S. Churchill

tags: fanaticism, zealot

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“Always do what you are afraid to do.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: inspirational

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“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing

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“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy

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“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
― E.B. White

tags: activism, humor, life, pleasure

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The Verge Book Club — 862 members — last activity Nov 03, 2014 05:51PM
The Verge Book Club: A discussion forum for members of The Verge Book Club. You can subscribe to our podcast in iTunes here. Also here: http://www. ...more

The Study of the Mind: A Psychological Book Club — 2135 members — last activity Sep 12, 2023 04:49AM
This is a book club for those who love to read books about Psychology! Each month we will pick a book dealing with psychological topics, read it, and ...more

The Brain and Mind — 4572 members — last activity 3 hours, 23 min ago
This is a group for readers to recommend and discuss books related to real and/or artificial brains. Categories include but are not limited to: neuros ...more

Political Philosophy and Ethics — 6598 members — last activity 21 hours, 36 min ago
Study and discussion of the important questions of ethical and political philosophy from Confucius and Socrates to the present. Rules (see also the ...more

Reading German Books in 2020 — 401 members — last activity Jul 19, 2026 07:05AM
In 2020, Melanie and Britta decided to challenge themselves to read more books in their native German language and created the Read More German Books ...more

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