“As Napoleon said, to know a nation's geography is to know its foreign policy”
― The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
― The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
“Sitting here on the steps of the Supreme Court smoking weed, under the “Equal Justice Under Law” motto, staring into the stars, I’ve finally figured out what’s wrong with Washington, D.C. It’s that all the buildings are more or less the same height and there’s absolutely no skyline, save for the Washington Monument touching the night sky like a giant middle finger to the world.”
― The Sellout
― The Sellout
“Do all the good you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”
― Hard Choices
― Hard Choices
“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
“As long as the incomes of the various classes of contemporary society remain beyond the reach of scientific inquiry, there can be no hope of producing a useful economic and social history.”
― Capital in the Twenty-First Century
― Capital in the Twenty-First Century
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