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The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

by James Islington (Goodreads Author)

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Songwriting Without Boundaries: Lyric Writing Exercises for Finding Your Voice

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Writing to Learn: How to Write--And Think--Clearly about Any Subject at All

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The Last Continent (Discworld, #22; Rincewind, #6) by Terry Pratchett

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There may be strapping young wizards with copper-colored skins and muscles as solid as a plank, but not after sixty years of UU dinners. It gives senior wizards what they think is called gravitas but is more accurately called gravity.

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“Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world.”
― Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash

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“Message reads: 'Houston, be advised: Rich Purnell is a steely-eyed missile man.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

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“The purpose of process is communication. If there are five people in your company, you don’t need process, because you can just talk to each other.”
― Ben Horowitz, The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers—Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship

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“Survival is insufficient.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven

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“It is critical not only which book you read, but equally so, which book you choose NOT to read. Every time you read the right book, it puts you a little bit ahead of the game.”
― Vu Tran, Effortless Reading: The Simple Way to Read and Guarantee Remarkable Results

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