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Theodore Roosevelt on the Cowardice of Cynicism and the Courage to Create Rather Than Tear Down
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Diseases of the Will: the Six Psychological Flaws That Keep the Talented from Achieving Greatness – Brain Pickings
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The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Edward Gorey
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Leonard Cohen on Creativity, Hard Work, and Why You Should Never Quit Before You Know What It Is You’re Quitting
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How a Dream Came True: Young Jane Goodall’s Exuberant Letters and Diary Entires from Africa | Brain Pickings
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How to Be a Writer: Hemingway’s Advice to Aspiring Authors | Brain Pickings
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The Odd Habits and Curious Customs of Famous Writers
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Godliness in the Known and the Unknowable: Alan Lightman on Science and Spirituality
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How we spend our days is how we spend our lives
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A Rare Recording of Stanley Kubrick’s Most Revealing Interview
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An Antidote to the Age of Anxiety: Alan Watts on Happiness and How to Live with Presence
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How Our Minds Mislead Us: The Marvels and Flaws of Our Intuition | Brain Pickings
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How the Universe Works: Stephen Hawking’s Theory of Everything, Animated in 150 Seconds
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Debunking the Myth of the 10,000-Hours Rule: What It Actually Takes to Reach Genius-Level Excellence | Brain Pickings
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The Thoughtbook of F. Scott Fitzgerald: An Endearing Record of His First Loves from His Secret Boyhood Diary
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An Antidote to the Age of Anxiety: Alan Watts on Happiness and How to Live with Presence | Brain Pickings
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“A generation that cannot endure boredom will be a generation of little men […] in whom every vital impulse slowly withers [… like] cut flowers in a vase.”
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20-Year-Old Hunter S. Thompson’s Superb Advice on How to Find Your Purpose and Live a Meaningful Life
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Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 Keys to the Power of the Written Word
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Aldous Huxley on the Transcendent Power of Music and Why It Sings to Our Souls – Brain Pickings
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The Greatest Definition of Love
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John Cleese on Creativity
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The Mystery of Personal Identity
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When Edward Gorey Illustrated Dracula: Two Masters of the Macabre, Together
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What Makes Iconic Design: Lessons from the Visual History of the London Underground Logo
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Sleep and the Teenage Brain
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Salvador Dalí’s rare, erotic vintage cookbook
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Does My Goldfish Know Who I Am? Scientists and Writers Answer Little Kids’ Big Questions about How Life Works
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When Woman Is Boss: Nikola Tesla on Gender Equality and How Technology Will Unleash Women’s True Potential | Brain Pickings
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H.P. Lovecraft's Advice to Writers
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