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No animal can be as cruel, so exquisitely and artistically cruel, as man. —Fyodor Dostoevsky,
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“Terrorist schemes are usually plotted by clever people, and then carried out by manipulated morons.”
― The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
― The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
“There is no art form more intrinsically and blatantly American—in its casual violence, its bombastic braggadocio, its virulent jingoism, its populist defiance of respectability, and its intermittently awe-inspiring beauty—than professional wrestling. This lucrative enterprise is not a legitimate competition, but it is indisputably an expression of creativity. Its practitioners have a time-worn saying: “This ain’t ballet.” But it’s not that far from ballet: a kinetic method of storytelling, one that requires tremendous skill (and physical pain) to perform.”
― Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America
― Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America
“TRAVEL IS FATAL TO PREJUDICE, BIGOTRY, AND NARROW-MINDEDNESS, AND MANY OF OUR PEOPLE NEED IT SORELY ON THESE ACCOUNTS. BROAD, WHOLESOME, CHARITABLE VIEWS OF MEN AND THINGS CANNOT BE ACQUIRED BY VEGETATING IN ONE LITTLE CORNER OF THE EARTH ALL ONE’S LIFETIME.” —Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad, 1869”
― International Business
― International Business
“As soon as an “all clear” was given to reenter the Pentagon, Defina and Battalion Chief Walter Hood, along with several other battalion chiefs and their crews, entered the wedge with attack lines. They found victims burned to death where they stood, killed so quickly that the bodies didn’t have time to fall. Some people were melted into desk and cabinet tops. Some were propped against walls.”
― American Phoenix: Heroes of the Pentagon on 9/11
― American Phoenix: Heroes of the Pentagon on 9/11
“He had become fascinated by Fermi’s Paradox, named after the Italian American physicist Enrico Fermi, who in a discussion of alien life in the universe said, “But where is everyone?” Mathematically it seemed logical there were other civilizations, but the lack of any evidence raised the uncomfortable possibility that the Earth’s human species might be the only example of consciousness. “We’ve got this delicate candle of consciousness flickering here, and it may be the only instance of consciousness, so it’s essential we preserve it,” Musk says. “If we are able to go to other planets, the probable lifespan of human consciousness is going to be far greater than if we are stuck on one planet that could get hit by an asteroid or destroy its civilization.”
― Elon Musk
― Elon Musk
Corey’s 2025 Year in Books
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