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“The existence of a majority logically implies a corresponding minority.”
― Philip K. Dick, The Minority Report

tags: existence, majority, minority

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“He needed me to do what sons do for their fathers: bear witness that they’re substantial, that they’re not hollow, not ringing absences. That they count for something when little else seems to.”
― Richard Ford, Canada

tags: fatherhood, fathers, sons

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“It was only when you left it alone that a tree might treat you as a friend. After the blade bit in, you had yourself a war.”
― Denis Johnson, Train Dreams

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“The fortunate man is seldom satisfied with the fact of being fortunate, beyond this he needs to know that he has a right to his good fortune. He wants to be convinced he deserves it and above all that he deserves it in comparison with others. Good fortune, thus wants to be legitimate fortune.”
― Max Weber

tags: fortune, meritocracy, wealth, wealth-creation

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“Living up the Moyea with plenty of small chores to distract him, he forgot he was a sad man. When the hymns began, he remembered.”
― Denis Johnson, Train Dreams

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