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The Imperfectionists
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"I say that ambition is absurd, and yet I remain in its thrall. It's like being a slave all your life, then learning one day that you never had a master, and returning to work all the same. Can you imagine a force in the universe greater than this?" 7 hours, 2 min ago

 
A Brief History o...
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Darwin's Radio

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""People are getting bored with the apocalypse."" May 15, 2011 08:25am

 

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The Imperfectionists
The Imperfectionists
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Maus, Vol. 2 by Art Spiegelman
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Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk
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One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
One Amazing Thing
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One Amazing Thing
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Skydog - The Duane Allman Story by Randy Poe
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
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Harper Lee
“There are just some kind of men…who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one.”
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Michael Pollan
“we ask for too much salvation by legislation. All we need to do is empower individuals with the right philosophy and the right information to opt out en masse. (quoting Joel Salatin)”
Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

“There are two goddesses in your heard. The Goddess of Wisdom and the Goddess of Wealth. Everyone thinks they need to get wealth first, and wisdom will come. So they concern themselves with chasing money. But they have it backwards. You have to give your heart to the Goddess of Wisdom, giver her all your love and attention, and the Goddess of Wealth will become jealous, and follow you.”
Joe Vigil

Harper Lee
“It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike--in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do.”
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Suzanne Collins
“All around the dining hall, you can feel the rejuvenating effect that a good meal can bring on. The way it can make people kinder, funnier, more optimistic, and remind them it's not a mistake to go on living. It's better than any medicine.”
Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay


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