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A close look at Jackson. Great detail. Intimate. Deeply knowledgeable of the historical context. But a very partisan view. The writers generosity is obvious from the first page. Meacham might have drunk too much of the Kool-aid.There's no doubt that ...more "
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life:
The Lord of the Rings
and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
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[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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“And let me make the radical statement that I don’t believe that you can say something profound in the 140 characters that make up a tweet.”
― Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In
― Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In
“So many books, so little time.”
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“Two things fill the mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more intensely the mind of thought is drawn to them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.”
― Critique of Practical Reason
― Critique of Practical Reason
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