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“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”
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“The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are too independent, and who think for themselves, and who don't know how to be submissive, and so on -- because they're dysfunctional to the institutions.”
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“True generosity toward the future consists in giving everything to the present.”
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“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”
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“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
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Aditya’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Aditya’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
616 books
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45 friends
1,356 books
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783 books
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288 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Classics, Humor and Comedy, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, and Thriller
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