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Why would a vampire create a younger vampire if there was a possibility the young one might end up destroying the old one?' Stephin stared. 'If you can explain to me how this is different from parenting in general I might know how to answer that.
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vampires
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Adam Rex |
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03005b9
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Sejal had not thought of her home, or of India as a whole, as cool. She was dimly aware, however, of a white Westerner habit of wearing other cultures like T-shirts--the sticker bindis on club kids, sindoor in the hair of an unmarried pop star, Hindi characters inked carelessly on tight tank tops and pale flesh. She knew Americans liked to flash a little Indian or Japanese or African. They were always looking for a little pepper to put in t..
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india
multiculturalism
pop-culture
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Adam Rex |
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6463409
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Soon the Boov was in the ghost suit and Pig was in the car, which would be a good lyric for a bluegrass song, now that I think of it.
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Adam Rex |
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cb64236
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The United States was a big country where everybody wore funny t-shirts and ate too much.
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demotivational
humor
united-states
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Adam Rex |
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ccef406
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For the gentle werelibrarian, who's strictly vegetarian, there's nothing like Tofillager the MEATLESS TOFU VILLAGER
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Adam Rex |
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e822fa1
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This is where you all live?" Asked John as they ascended the stairs. "It's small." "This is just our Thanksgiving house," Scott muttered. "We have a house for every day of the year."
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sarcasm
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Adam Rex |
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The French believe that all errors are distant, someone else's fault. Americans believe that there is no distance, no difference, and therefore that there are no errors, that any troubles are simple misunderstandings, consequent on your not yet having spoken English loudly enough.
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language
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Adam Gopnik |
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4602ca1
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There are two kinds of travelers. There is the kind who goes to see what there is to see, and the kind who has an image in his head and goes out to accomplish it. The first visitor has an easier time, but I think the second visitor sees more.
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Adam Gopnik |
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I might mention my belief that girls who like Woody Allen movies are nicer girls than girls who don't...
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movies
woody-allen
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Adam Levin |
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03d2c4e
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All the kids from day care are in dreamland. The froggie has made his last leap. Hell no, you can't go to the bathroom. You know where you can go? The fuck to sleep.
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Adam Mansbach |
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Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. --Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner
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Adam M. Grant |
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86e7c01
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If we communicate the vision behind our ideas, the purpose guiding our products, people will flock to us.
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Adam M. Grant |
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53c4f78
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People who suffer the most from a given state of affairs are paradoxically the least likely to question, challenge, reject, or change it.
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Adam M. Grant |
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So if givers are most likely to land at the bottom of the success ladder, who's at the top--takers or matchers? Neither. When I took another look at the data, I discovered a surprising pattern: It's the givers again.
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Adam M. Grant |
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Ohh,' said the girl with a sad tilt of her head. It was a response Sejal would hear a lot in the following weeks and which she would eventully come to understand meant, 'Ohh, , that must be so hard for you, and I know because I read this book over the summer called (which is actually set in Pakistan but I don't realize there's a difference) about a girl whose parents sell her to a sandal maker because everyone's poor and they don't care ..
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Adam Rex |
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61caa51
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I didn't feel up to arguing about it, but I was pretty sure if you loved everything you didn't really love anything.
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Adam Rex |
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290d71c
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I've been punched by a vampire, an Indian girl, and a panda... I should be a video game.
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Adam Rex |
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0ab9a6e
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We found the bathrooms, which were labeled 'Aliens' and 'Femaliens.' 'Finally,' I said to J.Lo. 'Here's a bathroom you're allowed to use.
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humor
toilet
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Adam Rex |
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bdc08af
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J.Lo] found us a police car. Sort of. 'It's not a police car,' I said. 'It is,' said J.Lo. 'Looknow. Lights for flashing.' 'That's true.' 'Writing on the sides.' 'Yeah, but the writing? It says ''BullShake Party Patrol.'' Yes. Whatnow?
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car
police
red-bull
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Adam Rex |
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354c9fd
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Writing well isn't just a question of winsome expression, but of having found something big and true to say and having found the right words to say it in, of having seen something large and having found the right words to say it small, small enough to enter an individual mind so that the strong ideas of what the words are saying sound like sweet reason.
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Adam Gopnik |
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c336753
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Writers are married to their keyboards, as to their passports.
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Adam Gopnik |
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9a57bc1
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Timing accounted for forty-two percent of the difference between success and failure.
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Adam M. Grant |
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e767c60
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Regardless of their reciprocity styles, people love to be asked for advice.
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Adam M. Grant |
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0e2984a
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If originals aren't reliable judges of the quality of their ideas, how do they maximize their odds of creating a masterpiece? They come up with a large number of ideas. Simonton finds that on average, creative geniuses weren't qualitatively better in their fields than their peers. They simply produced a greater volume of work, which gave them more variation and a higher chance of originality. "The odds of producing an influential or success..
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Adam M. Grant |
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Walter Isaacson, who ate dinner with the Jobs family while researching his biography of Steve Jobs, told Bilton that, "No one ever pulled out an iPad or computer. The kids did not seem addicted at all to devices." It seemed as if the people producing tech products were following the cardinal rule of drug dealing: never get high on your own supply."
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technology
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Adam Alter |
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2f5470a
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Monsters exist," wrote Primo Levi of his experience at Auschwitz. "But they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are . . . the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions."
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Adam Hochschild |
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0bec2ab
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For you time-capsule types, MoPo was something called a convenience store, as in, 'The soda is conveniently located right next to the doughnuts and lottery tickets.' People who want to understand better how the human race was conquered so easily need to study those stores. Almost everything inside was filled with sugar, cheese, or weight-loss tips
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Adam Rex |
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J.Lo gasped. When I looked to see why, he had one hand to his mouth and the other pointing at me. "You . . ." he squealed, wagging his finger. ". . . your !" I raised my hand to my face, turning it over and back again. "What? What's wrong with it?" "You are bearing the mark! The mark that has been fore ! You are The One . . . The One who will bring peace onto the !" "What, this? This is taco sauce," I said, wiping it clean. J.Lo stared at..
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Adam Rex |
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I'm sorry, but !' I yelped and skipped backward as Gorg advanced on me. 'You were given bad information. Probably some human's fault.' I AM PRINCIPAL ANGER COORDINATOR ASSOCIATE-OF-THE-MONTH GORG FOUR-GORG! HUMANS WILL GIVE ME BAD INFORMATION !' He didn't look like a principal. He looked like something Hercules ought to be wrestling on the side of a vase.
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humor
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Adam Rex |
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2f7ad56
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you have taken part in the only really majestic choice we get to make in life, which is to continue it.
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Adam Gopnik |
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If you're going to build a strong culture, it's paramount to make diversity one of your core values. This is what separates Bridgewater's strong culture from a cult: The commitment is to promoting dissent. In hiring, instead of using similarity to gauge cultural fit, Bridgewater assesses cultural contribution.* Dalio wants people who will think independently and enrich the culture. By holding them accountable for dissenting, Dalio has funda..
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Adam M. Grant |
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5b0bf06
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When we're determined to reach an objective, it's the gap between where we are and where we aspire to be that lights a fire under us.
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motivation
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Adam M. Grant |
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24d660b
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Americans see independence as a symbol of strength, viewing interdependence as a sign of weakness
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Adam M. Grant |
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Casement quoted an African proverb: "A man doesn't go among thorns unless a snake's after him--or he's after a snake." He added, "I'm after a snake and please God I'll scotch it."
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Adam Hochschild |
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Today we are less likely to speak of humanitarianism, with its overtones of paternalistic generosity, and more likely to speak of human rights. The basic freedoms in life are not seen as gifts to be doled out by benevolent well-wishers, but as Casement said at his trial, as those rights to which all human beings are entitled from birth. It is this spirit which underlies organizations like Amnesty International, with its belief that putting ..
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humanitarianism
paternalism
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Adam Hochschild |
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8acf4ad
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When Leopold wrote that the precise frontiers of the new state or states would be defined later, [German Chancellor] Bismarck said to an aide, "His Majesty displays the pretensions and naive selfishness of an Italian who considers that his charm and good looks will enable him to get away with anything."
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Adam Hochschild |
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6e9a49a
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Archimedes was a mathematician," blurted Ethan from the back of the room. "And he was Greek. And he invented things." Ethan was the sort of student who was always keeping score--if he couldn't be the first to declare his knowledge of something, he would make certain you understood that he'd known it already. One day he would be declared the winner, and there would be a Smartest Boy trophy and a parade."
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Adam Rex |
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b699ac1
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Sorry I'm late," Ms. Egami said to the class. She dropped her papers, which scattered in that special way papers do when one is running late."
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late
papers
school
teacher
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Adam Rex |
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899d464
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They can't expect anyone to actually pay for a shirt that says, 'I (picture of an elephant) the San Diego Zoo.' What does that even mean?
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funny
t-shirt
zoo
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Adam Rex |
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508fb85
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Stealing is good, honest work," Said the theif, puffing out his chest. "Well, not honest, strictly speaking," he admitted after a moment. "Or actually good."
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Adam Rex |
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caeb118
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Sometimes you really want to say "Duh," but you can't. It's a part of growing up, I guess."
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Adam Rex |
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0bfe142
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Paris, on the other hand, looked exactly as it was supposed to look. It wore its heart on its sleeve, and the strange thing was that the heart it wore so openly was in other ways so closed-mysterious, uninviting.
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Adam Gopnik |
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At its core, comedy is an act of rebellion. Evidence shows that compared to the norms in the population, comedians tend to be more original and rebellious--and the higher they score on these dimensions, the more professional success they attain. After
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Adam M. Grant |
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c85a2de
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highly successful people have three things in common: motivation, ability, and opportunity. If we want to succeed, we need a combination of hard work, talent, and luck.
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Adam M. Grant |