February 2013
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Feb 28th
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November 2012
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“It has been my experience to put aside a decision for future pondering. Then one...”
– The Winter of Our Discontent, by John Steinbeck
Nov 12th
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June 2012
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“An expert doesn’t so much argue the various sides of an issue as plant his...”
– Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Jun 26th
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March 2012
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“In my mind, when I look at these fields, I say to her, “See? —...”
– Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig
Mar 31st
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“He responded only to the essence of a man: to his creative capacity. In this...”
– The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand
Mar 29th
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“Here are my rules: what can be done with one substance must never be done with...”
– The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Mar 19th
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February 2012
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Why I Am Not a Christian
A collection of excerpts I found interesting from Bertrand Russell’s essay. The Natural-law Argument The arguments that are used for the existence of God change their character as time goes on. They were at first hard intellectual arguments embodying certain quite definite fallacies. As we come to modern times they become less respectable intellectually and more and more ...
Feb 29th
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“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
– Mark Twain
Feb 27th
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“… we can’t know better until knowing better is useless.”
– Looking for Alaska by John Green
Feb 25th
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January 2012
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 16th
“I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of...”
– Ayn Rand, Atlass Shrugged
Jan 16th
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“Suppose you were a giant who could not see individual people and never became...”
– Bertrand Russell, Religion and Science
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December 2011
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“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives...”
– George R. R. Martin
Dec 16th