Matt Thackston
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Matt’s favorite books

The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) separate by Stephen King It by Stephen King The Shining by Stephen King Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins Hyperion by Dan Simmons A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin The Stand by Stephen King The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins The Gunslinger Born by Peter David Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein Inspired by Marty Cagan
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Matt’s Quotes

Christopher Hitchens
“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian
tags: critical-thinking, independent-thought, opinions, skepticism, thinking
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Christopher Hitchens
“[E]xceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
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Christopher Hitchens
“I have always found it quaint and rather touching that there is a movement [Libertarians] in the US that thinks Americans are not yet selfish enough.”
― Christopher Hitchens
tags: ayn-rand, individualism, libertarianism, objectivism, selfishness
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Christopher Hitchens
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
tags: atheism, reason, science, skeptic
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Tom Robbins
“A sense of humor...is superior to any religion so far devised.”
― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume
tags: humor-religion
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