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Henry Miller on the Meaning and Mystery of Life
Henry Miller on the Meaning and Mystery of Life

“This is the greatest damn thing about the universe. That we can know so much, recognize so much, dissect, do everything, and we can’t grasp it.”

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Godmother of Rock and Roll, Live in Manchester in 1964
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Godmother of Rock and Roll, Live in Manchester in 1964

“I’m singing, oh I’m singing in my soul, when the troubles roll, I sing from morn’ till night, it makes my burdens light…”

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The Philosophy of Style: Herbert Spencer on the Economy of Attention and the Ideal Writer (1852)
The Philosophy of Style: Herbert Spencer on the Economy of Attention and the Ideal Writer (1852)

“To have a specific style is to be poor in speech.”

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A Design History of Childhood
A Design History of Childhood

“Children help us to mediate between the ideal and the real.”

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How China’s First Emperor Pioneered Design Thinking and Revolutionized the Branding of Legacy
How China’s First Emperor Pioneered Design Thinking and Revolutionized the Branding of Legacy

How to standardize, enforce accountability, and employ design thinking in coining your image and legacy.

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Work Alone: Ernest Hemingway’s 1954 Nobel Acceptance Speech
Work Alone: Ernest Hemingway’s 1954 Nobel Acceptance Speech

“Writing, at its best, is a lonely life.”

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The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Behind the Bomb
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Behind the Bomb

From janitor to chemist, the women of Oak Ridge worked hard and talked little.

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Stress As Metaphor
Stress As Metaphor

“Stress signified hardship, and endurance was needed to deal with it. Now … we ‘work’ to overcome stress; we don’t suffer it.”

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Tolstoy Reads from His ‘Calendar of Wisdom’ in a Rare Recording Shortly Before His Death
Tolstoy Reads from His ‘Calendar of Wisdom’ in a Rare Recording Shortly Before His Death

The beloved Russian author, shortly before his death, on the object of life.

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A Calendar of Wisdom: Tolstoy on Knowledge and the Meaning of Life
A Calendar of Wisdom: Tolstoy on Knowledge and the Meaning of Life

“The most important knowledge is that which guides the way you lead your life.”

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