“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life:
The Lord of the Rings
and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
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[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
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“You can’t think yourself out of a writing block; you have to write yourself out of a thinking block.”
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“Your health is the most important commodity that you have. Without it, everything will fall apart - relationships, financial wellbeing, career, school, and so on. It is very important to take good care of yourself.”
― Morning Routine Mastery - Easy Morning Rituals and Routines of the Most Successful and Happy
― Morning Routine Mastery - Easy Morning Rituals and Routines of the Most Successful and Happy
“The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.”
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