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“The prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out. —Richard P. Feynman”
― Source Code: My Beginnings
― Source Code: My Beginnings
“The way to live is to throw ourselves, not into faith, but into our own lives, conducting them in affirmation of every moment, exactly as it is, without wishing that anything was different, and without harbouring peevish resentment against others or against our fate.”
― At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others
― At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others
“Andrew Henry, the editor of the West Alabamian newspaper, wrote that white men would have to “submit to have our wives and daughters chose [sic] between death and gratifying the hellish lust of the negro!! Submit to have our children murdered, our dwellings burnt and our country desolated!!”
― How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
― How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
“The best way to gain listeners’ confidence is make them think you have trusted them with a secret.”
― The Paris Vendetta
― The Paris Vendetta
“If someone can’t afford a stable place to live, life becomes very hard. When there is a disconnect between security and existence, it becomes much more difficult to function. If people’s basic needs aren’t being met, they can’t focus on much else. With more time to think and more time to process, they make better choices and their stability increases. Safety delivers returns. Security creates growth. It is imperative to invest in people—and that begins with paying them a living wage.”
― In This Economy?: How Money & Markets Really Work
― In This Economy?: How Money & Markets Really Work
Rob’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Rob’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
527 books
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35 friends
1 book
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26 friends
32 books
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28 friends
353 books
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37 friends
1,696 books
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78 friends
3,056 books
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84 friends
312 books
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123 friends
826 books
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43 friends
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