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“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve. This is true even of the pious brethren who carry the gospel to foreign parts.”
― Minority Report
― Minority Report
“When the waterholes were dry, people sought to drink at the mirage.”
― Brideshead Revisited
― Brideshead Revisited
“Intellectuals are naturally attracted by the idea of a planned society, in the belief that they will be in charge of it.”
― Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left
― Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left
“Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it did not matter.”
― Beauty
― Beauty
“No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.”
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Johan’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Johan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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360 friends
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382 books
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470 books
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185 books
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376 books
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96 friends
95 books
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59 friends
102 books
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28 friends
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