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You must read. Read nonfiction. Read fiction. Read history. Read philosophy. Read psychology. Read banned literature. Read poetry. Read about new technology. Read biography. Read memoir. Read on economics. Read on finance. Reread what you have already read. Read. Reflect. Repeat.
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listen: in order to expand your knowledge and perceived limits, you have to maximize your exposure to the greatest people of our time the secret is not in reading one single biography and obsessing over one person. if you try to model yourself after this person, you are probably
You can't dream beyond your level of exposure, that's what travelling and reading more gives you.
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‘Love is the only reality, the only terror, and the only hope.’ James Baldwin Epigraph in Nicholas Boggs’ 2025 biography Baldwin: A Love Story Fan Ho - Hong Kong, 1954
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"My fulfilling scientific career has been made possible by the love, understanding, and support of my wife Laura and my children Allie, Evan, and Gabe." In his #NobelPrize biography, 2019 medicine laureate Gregg Semenza thanked his family: https://t.co/LefnP6WQrX
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@Matt_Pinner Admiral Byrd -- U.S. naval officer, pioneer aviator, and polar explorer best known for his explorations of Antarctica using airplanes and other modern technical resources. https://t.co/qi0O82U2yT
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*sources* Dictionary of Canadian Biography: https://t.co/jvBZLkfGg7 Veterans Affairs: https://t.co/DFeuP0aDjt Canadian Encyclopedia: https://t.co/sycQfc03f3
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My SiriusXM show: Interviews with singer-songwriter and author David Archuleta; Marc Jordan with Don Breithaupt, author of Rhythm of My Heart: The Authorized Biography of Marc Jordan; Daniel Bedrosian, author, Make My Funk the P-Funk; Powerhouse vocalist Tami Neilson! Sat 8am +
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A thread of my favorite facts and stories from @scmallaby’s amazing new biography of Demis Hassabis and DeepMind, The Infinity Machine. 0/
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BIOGRAPHY OF M U H A M M A D (S. A. W) ▪Name : Muhammad (SAW) ▪Father : Abdullah ▪Mother : Aminah ▪Date of Birth : 12th Rabi Al - Awwal ▪Date of Death :08 Jun 632 11 after Hijra ▪Age : 63 yrs ▪Place of Birth : Makkah ▪Place of Death : Madinah ▪Residence : Makkah
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The author of a new biography about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has claimed the former actress thought she should have become the next queen over Kate Middleton, RadarOnline can reveal. https://t.co/0IL13ZszB7
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This is really good! More comprehensive than Joseph Ellis’s (brilliant, but brief) HIS EXCELLENCY (2004), less novelistic than Ron Chernow’s 2010 biography. A really fine introduction to the man and his times. Out May 12th.
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Poet Jacques Prévert’s first collage was created in 1943: a photo of his wife Janine floating in mid air surrounded with images of lush green plants https://t.co/9TRsa9F5jE
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This new book is a history of writing, a biography of the English language and an introduction to linguistic science, all smuggled into short, lively and entertaining stories
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It appears the ‘Airport Bookstore’ is a psychological phenomenon. You see people who haven’t read a book since 2016 suddenly buying a 700-page biography of a Roman Emperor or ‘How to Master Macroeconomics’ hardback because they have a 4 hours flight to Ibiza. You know you aren’t
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You need volume to see what's signal vs noise. One biography of Rockefeller tells you about Rockefeller. Fifty biographies tells you about greatness itself.
This is what real learning looks like. Not "consuming content" or "getting through books" or building a goodreads trophy case. Napoleon's doing something most people never do: he's treating history like a living database of human behavior. He's not reading to know things, he's
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Been rereading Delbanco’s magnificent biography of Melville, specifically the chapters about the composition of MOBY-DICK. Melville’s close friendship with Hawthorne, his move to the farmhouse in Pittsfield, MA, and his discovery of Shakespeare seem to’ve transformed his writing.
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Pirates have always had a fascination across society throughout their various incarnations, whether this be through literature, film, criminal biography or material culture. Whilst pirates have existed for centuries and still continue to exist, the period most linked with them is
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Just finished my Karl Popper reading series on @interintellect_ 🥲 So moved!! Many months of amazing conversation with amazing humans. Many other book salons and series happening or starting soon -- most of them are online. Check out 👇🏻
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@ClaireT13274488 What if you begin writing Claire? I know it seems a bit off in the entertainment aspect; but I throughly found enjoyment overtime with writing. Perhaps you write a biography, a story of your life from where you started to how to ended up in the now. 🫂🕊️
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