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Consider that NASA invests tens of millions of dollars to train a single astronaut. And these days, until we have an alternative, the United States pays Russia at least $80 million for each seat on a Soyuz rocket to taxi astronauts to the
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“Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Maybe this world is another planet’s hell.”
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“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”
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“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
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OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
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This year, we're challenging the #50BookPledge community to read 150,000 books! Sign up for the 50 Book Pledge at http://50bookpledge.ca and pledge t ...more
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A place for book lovers in Wilmington, NC to talk about their favorite and current reads, life in our booming metropolis, and other odds & ends... ...more
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A group for the Wilmington area, to talk about books being read, written, released - to get recommendations, share book-related events, and otherwise ...more
Love & Social Change
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We offer love, compassion & kindness to create a better world. The moderator proposes books by & about people who have done this profoundly...Martin L ...more
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