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read in September 1969
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I haven't read this particular edition, but I look forward to reading it soon.Stranger in a Strange Land is one of the most inspiring books I ever read, right next to Frank Herbert's Dune! I read it twice from the high school library when I was in ma ...more "
velocity organizations both structurally and dynamically. Structurally, they insist that each piece of work be done with an eye to the larger process of which it is a part. Dynamically, they insist that each piece of work be done in such a
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“I must study politics and war," wrote John Adams, "that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics, and philosophy, geography, natural history, and naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children the right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain." Adams saw clearly that politics is the indispensable foundation for things elegant and beautiful. First and above all else, you must secure life, liberty and the right to pursue your own happiness.”
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“He who spares the wicked injures the good.”
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“To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.”
― An Inland Voyage
― An Inland Voyage
“Through discipline comes freedom.”
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“Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.”
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Fred’s 2025 Year in Books
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