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As usual, the lesson Donald learned was the one that supported his preexisting assumption: no matter what happens, no matter how much damage he leaves in his wake, he will be okay. Knowing ahead of time that you’re going to be bailed out if
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“Bless him,” said Ron fondly, “and when you think I used to fantasize about cutting off his head and sticking it on the wall.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“DAVE MUSTAINE: His girlfriend was really bad. She was very controlling. She once made him dump a gram of heroin into the carpet. Too bad he didn’t know that if you blew up a balloon and rubbed it over the carpet, all the heroin would stick to the balloon and it would come out of the carpet, but he was pretty much an amateur junkie. Ha-ha.”
― Rust in Peace: The Inside Story of the Megadeth Masterpiece
― Rust in Peace: The Inside Story of the Megadeth Masterpiece
“This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
― Hamlet
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
― Hamlet
“What is to give light must endure burning.”
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“It reeks of paradox. The only way you can do anything of value is to have the effort come out of non-doing and to let go of caring whether it will be of use or not. Otherwise, self-involvement and greediness can sneak in and distort your relationship to the work, or the work itself, so that it is off in some way, biased, impure, and ultimately not completely satisfying, even if it is good. Good scientists know this mind state and guard against it because it inhibits the creative process and distorts one’s ability to see connections clearly.”
― Wherever You Go, There You Are
― Wherever You Go, There You Are
Matthew’s 2025 Year in Books
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188 friends
327 books
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50 friends
538 books
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40 friends
150 books
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22 friends
35 books
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51 friends
33 books
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50 friends
387 books
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210 friends
63 books
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