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“Action is Character.”
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“Settle your quarrels, come together, understand the reality of our situation, understand that fascism is already here, that people are already dying who could be saved, that generations more will live poor butchered half-lives if you fail to act. Do what must be done, discover your humanity and your love in revolution.”
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“Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.”
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“Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. ”
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“You say that to (Franz) Boas science is "austere and impersonal." You know, that is just the thing that gets my goat. They have managed to take all the life out of science. Why be ashamed of the joy and the exaltations that are the blood of knowl-edge? Why pretend that you have no emotions? In another century they will look aghast at the funereal aspect of our science. They will say: those people were doing penance for something! ... We have driven our libido underground.”
— Jaime de Angulo, written in a letter to his friend and mentor, the linguist Edward Sapir
(Appears in the introduction to "Tracks Along the Left Coast" by Andrew Schelling)”
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— Jaime de Angulo, written in a letter to his friend and mentor, the linguist Edward Sapir
(Appears in the introduction to "Tracks Along the Left Coast" by Andrew Schelling)”
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Adam’s 2025 Year in Books
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