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“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― George Orwell, 1984

tags: truth

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“Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book."

(Acceptance speech, National Book Award 2010 (Nonfiction), November 17, 2010)”
― Patti Smith

tags: books, materialism, musicians, pure-awesome, technology

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“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.”
― George Orwell, 1984

tags: books, reading

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“...[A]nything worth dying for ... is certainly worth living for.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

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“The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.”
(Analects 4.9)”
― Confucius

tags: capitalism, china, consumerism, greed, materialism, simplicity, virtue

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