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“Let him think that I am more man than I am and I will be so.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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“Pouring out liquor is like burning books.”
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“The next time you try to seduce anyone, don't do it with talk, with words. Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.”
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“It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work. ”
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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50 books to read before you die
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Joshua’s 2024 Year in Books
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