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DYLAN THOMAS [ 1971, second printing ] Collected Poems 1934 - 1952 (New Directions Paperbook No. 316)

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The Best American Poetry 2025 (The Best American Poetry series)

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What Is Intelligence?: Lessons from AI About Evolution, Computing, and Minds (Antikythera)

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“It has always seemed strange to me...The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.”
― John Steinbeck, Cannery Row

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“The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomiants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. (Cannery Row)”
― John Steinbeck

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