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The Pictorial Treasury of Famous Men and Famous Deeds: Comprising Naval and Military Heroes, Discovers, Inventors, Statesman, Philanthropists, Artists, Authors, and Others

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Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology

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Tristes Tropiques (Penguin Modern Classics) by Claude Lévi-Strauss

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We may endure six months of travelling, hardships and sickening boredom for the purpose of recording (in a few days, or even a few hours) a hitherto unknown myth, a new marriage rule or a complete list of clan names, but is it worth my ...more

Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

by Thomas R. Flynn

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David’s Quotes

“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”
― Pablo Picasso

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“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
― Søren Kierkegaard

tags: future, life, past, reflection, understanding

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“In a car you're always in a compartment, and because you're used to it you don't realize that through that car window everything you see is just more TV. You're a passive observer and it is all moving by you boringly in a frame.

On a cycle the frame is gone. You're completely in contact with it all. You're in the scene, not just watching it anymore, and the sense of presence is overwhelming.”
― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

tags: motorcycle

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“There have been two great narcotics in European civilisation: Christianity and alcohol.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: alcohol, booze, christianity, envy, european-history, funny, german, narcotics, philosophy

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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor

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