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“Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need.”
― Fight Club
― Fight Club
“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
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“Whether or not you can never become great at something, you can always become better at it. Don't ever forget that! And don’t say “I’ll never be good”. You can become better! and one day you’ll wake up and you’ll find out how good you actually became.”
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“I am convinced that the act of thinking logically cannot possibly be natural to the human mind. If it were, then mathematics would be everybody's easiest course at school and our species would not have taken several millennia to figure out the scientific method.”
― The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist
― The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist
Outdoor Conservation Book Club
— 382 members
— last activity Aug 24, 2026 08:35PM
This concept started as a personal challenge to myself to read more science books, but challenges are always more fun with friends! We'll read 1 book ...more
Nature Literature
— 882 members
— last activity Aug 30, 2026 02:46PM
Whether it be an in-depth look at our natural world through essays written by past and present authors such as H.D. Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Cars ...more
Mom Time - A moms book club!
— 332 members
— last activity May 06, 2025 08:54PM
A book club for moms! Whether you are a stay at home mom, a working mom, a mom of a teenager or a mom of newborn this group is for you! We all need ti ...more
Smutty Mom Book Club
— 37 members
— last activity May 02, 2025 07:48PM
This is the Smutty Mom Book Club group hosted by Katie, Anna, Amelia, and Nicole. We're so excited to share our love for reading with others. We meet ...more
The Librarian's Husband's Book Club
— 1228 members
— last activity 3 hours, 24 min ago
I was born into a world of books. With a school librarian wife, a history teacher father, and an elementary teacher mother—plus my own background as a ...more
Melissa’s 2025 Year in Books
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