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“if we cannot tell a story about what happened to us, nothing has happened to us.”
― Finite and Infinite Games
― Finite and Infinite Games
“Authors, artists, and even philosophers are much better off having a very small number of fanatics behind them than a large number of people who appreciate their work. The number of persons who dislike the work don’t count—there is no such thing as the opposite of buying your book,”
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
“Many of those who can, do. Some of those who don’t, write, and tend to criticize doing.”
― The Existential Pleasures of Engineering
― The Existential Pleasures of Engineering
“Suckers try to win arguments, nonsuckers try to win.”
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
“Gumption is the psychic gasoline that keeps the whole thing going. If you haven’t got it there’s no way the motorcycle can possibly be fixed. But if you have got it and know how to keep it there’s absolutely no way in this whole world that motorcycle can keep from getting fixed. It’s bound to happen. Therefore the thing that must be monitored at all times and preserved before anything else is the gumption.”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Scott’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Scott’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
367 books
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52 friends
384 books
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97 friends
1,561 books
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84 friends
441 books
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57 friends
342 books
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110 friends
928 books
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176 friends
50 books
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131 friends
21 books
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74 friends
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