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"“A popular little book published in 1784 by schoolteacher John Filson had made [Daniel] Boone an international hero…. Filson’s book, and countless others that followed, celebrated Boone’s deeds, and transformed him into the embodiment of Jefferson’s ideals on the frontier. A new nation found their first Western hero in Boone, the Jeffersonian pioneer, and at the same time discovered a new identity…”" — Sep 21, 2025 12:44PM
"“A popular little book published in 1784 by schoolteacher John Filson had made [Daniel] Boone an international hero…. Filson’s book, and countless others that followed, celebrated Boone’s deeds, and transformed him into the embodiment of Jefferson’s ideals on the frontier. A new nation found their first Western hero in Boone, the Jeffersonian pioneer, and at the same time discovered a new identity…”" — Sep 21, 2025 12:44PM
I decided that I would say I was from Virginia.
Should have said Kentucky --tge fiction closest to the truth of the story.
“if he claimed there was a rock in a road at a certain point in a story, his readers knew that if they went to that spot they would find the rock”
― Grub Line Rider
― Grub Line Rider
“You ought to get a bumper sticker that says, 'What would Dudley Do-Right Do?' Call it W-W-D-D-R-D. that has a ring to it. (Gov. Rulon to Joe Pickett)”
― Cold Wind
― Cold Wind
“The Scots studied the past to understand the present, and of course improve it. Like the ancient Greeks and the Chinese, they knew that those who lack a keen awareness of history are destined to “remain forever children in understanding,” as David Hume put it. Genius requires not only an accelerator but also a rearview mirror.”
― The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
― The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
“The important thing is to accept that there will be people who believe differently than you, and to learn to live with those people as a community despite the differences.”
― The Story of Eidolon: Including "The Thousand Years Ghost," "Trees of Change," and "Journey to the Past"
― The Story of Eidolon: Including "The Thousand Years Ghost," "Trees of Change," and "Journey to the Past"
“... but every activity we pursue comes with an opportunity cost, as the economists remind us. Time spent commuting to work is time not spent with your kids. Time spent debating the relative merits of kale versus arugula is time not spent discussing the nature of beauty and truth. I look down at my plate of bland grub with newfound respect.”
― The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
― The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
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