Ryan

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Ryan’s Quotes

“As a general rule anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice [...]”
― Benedict Jacka, Cursed

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“The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holders lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.”
― Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays

tags: critical-thinking, extremism, opinion, opinions, passion, rationalism, skeptic, skeptical, skepticism, superficiality

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“Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you.”
― John Scalzi

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“I've heard of a guy in Chicago who advertises in the phone book under "Wizard",though that's probably a urban legend.”
― Benedict Jacka, Fated

tags: reference

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“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”
― Mortimer J. Adler

tags: books, reading

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Ryan’s Groups

Goodreads Librarians Group — 344282 members — last activity 2 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Ian Somerhalder Foundation Book Club — 1057 members — last activity Oct 22, 2023 08:24AM
The Official Book Club of the Ian Somerhalder Foundation.

Audiobooks — 16910 members — last activity 14 hours, 59 min ago
Audio & audiobooks are getting more and more popular for commuters & those wanting to squeeze in another book or two a month while doing other activit ...more

The Signed Page — 261 members — last activity Oct 05, 2022 09:13AM
The Signed Page is an online bookseller established in 2001 that has helped people all over the world acquire signed sci-fi/fantasy books at an afford ...more