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“But ultimately, you should care because you’re old enough to know that you should. That’s one of the reasons the CDF selects old people to become soldiers, you know—it’s not just because you’re all retired and a drag on the economy. It’s
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“If there is a God, I thought, it’s a painkiller.”
― Endymion
― Endymion
“Yet in fact modernity is a surprisingly simple deal. The entire contract can be summarised in a single phrase: humans agree to give up meaning in exchange for power. Until”
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
“Aging is scary but fascinating, and great talent morphs in strange and often enlightening ways.”
― Born to Run
― Born to Run
“The word ‘network’, which was scarcely used before the late nineteenth century, is now overused as both a verb and a noun. To the ambitious young insider, it is always worth going to the next party, no matter how late it is, for the sake of networking. Sleep may be appealing, but the fear of missing out is appalling. To the disgruntled old outsider, on the other hand, the word network has a different connotation.”
― The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
― The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
“The most important step a man can take. It's not the first one, is it?
It's the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar.”
― Oathbringer
It's the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar.”
― Oathbringer
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