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“If you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren't broad enough to sustain you.”
― Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
― Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
“We are a divided nation, Nat, as you will have noticed. The divisions between us across the country are neatly reflected in the divisions between our masters. No two ministers think the same way on the same day.”
― Agent Running in the Field
― Agent Running in the Field
“Electorates tend to get the politicians they deserve.”
― The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
― The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
“You show me a member of Congress who’s part of the appropriations process and I’ll show you a wife, child, or brother-in-law with a company that benefits from federal dollars.”
― The Terminal List
― The Terminal List
“It is my considered opinion, that for Britain and Europe, and for liberal democracy across the entire world as a whole, Britain’s departure from the European Union in the time of Donald Trump, and Britain’s consequent unqualified dependence on the United States in an era when the US is heading straight down the road to institutional racism and neo-fascism, is an unmitigated clusterfuck bar none.”
― Agent Running in the Field
― Agent Running in the Field
Simon’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Simon’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
4,457 books
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119 friends
613 books
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118 friends
733 books
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113 friends
283 books
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27 friends
716 books
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103 friends
387 books
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94 friends
1,215 books
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131 friends
144 books
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86 friends
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Art, Business, Classics, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Self help, and Nonfiction
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