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It Kept Me off the Streets: The Sleepless Nights of an Ultra Runner by Martin Thomerson (2016-10-08)

by Martin Thomerson

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May 10, 2026 02:05PM

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Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference

by Rutger Bregman (Goodreads Author)

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May 04, 2026 05:02AM

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In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki(2006-09-01)

by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

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Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

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you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it. Create your own. Most people can’t do it.

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“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked.” —Steve Jobs”
― Austin Kleon, Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered

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“We were all born inherently creative. We all have the capacity to bring beautiful things into this world and should be unapologetic about wanting to create them, whatever they are.”
― Alan Moore, Do Design: Why beauty is key to everything

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“I was peeling a red apple from the garden when I suddenly understood that life would only ever give me a series of wonderfully insoluble problems.4 With that thought an ocean of profound peace entered my heart.”
― Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time and How to Use It

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