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The point of having a vision is to focus on the results rather than on the pain of achieving those results. When we focus on the pain, we tend to give up; when we focus on the rewards, we keep working until we achieve them.
“Men are born soft and supple; dead they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail.”
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“When death, the great Reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.”
― Adam Bede
― Adam Bede
“There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously.”
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“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
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“I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.”
― This Side of Paradise
― This Side of Paradise
Tim’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tim’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
210 books
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56 friends
666 books
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225 friends
121 books
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32 friends
40 books
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95 friends
35 books
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72 friends
891 books
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106 friends
427 books
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426 friends
547 books
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38 friends
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