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“The perfect state of creative bliss is having power (you are 50) and knowing nothing (you are 9). This assures an interesting and successful outcome.”
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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.”
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“Imagine not being frightened by any feeling. Imagine knowing that nothing will destroy you. That you are beyond any feeling, an state. Bigger than. Vaster than. That there is no reason to use drugs because anything a drug could do would pale in comparison to knowing who you are. To what you can understand, live, be, just by being with that presents itself to you in the form of the feelings you have...”
― Women, Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
― Women, Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
“All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.”
― Twilight of the Idols
― Twilight of the Idols
“The beginning of genius is being scared shitless.”
― Church
― Church
12 books in 12 months
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This is a mixed group of people reading 12 books in 2014. It's 12 books in 12 months, no restrictions on genre, subject matter, or age. I chose Januar ...more
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Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon
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Our next readathon will be July 10-11, 2026. We'll start reading at 8pm Eastern Time on Friday April 10th, and end Saturday July 11th at 8pm EDT. ...more
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