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“Scientists are actually preoccupied with accomplishment. So they are focused on whether they can do something. They never stop to ask if they should do something.”
― Jurassic Park
― Jurassic Park
“When we teach people that suspending moral judgments is a virtue, the necessary outcome is moral horror.”
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“People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy, and I can't do that as Bruce Wayne. As a man, I'm flesh and blood. I can be ignored. I can be destroyed. But as a symbol, as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting.”
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“Why do so few ‘scientistsâ€� ever look at the evidence for telepathy, so called? Because they think, as a leading biologist, now dead, once said to me, that even if such a thing were true, scientists ought to band together to keep it suppressed and concealed. It would undo the uniformity of nature and all sorts of other things without which scientists cannot carry on their pursuits. . . .”
― Graveyard
― Graveyard
“Why, I wondered, did people seek out portrayals of the very experiences that, in real life, would send them mad with despair? Shouldn’t art be an escape, a laugh, a comfort, a thrill? No, said Connie, exposure brought understanding. Only by confronting the worst traumas of life could you comprehend them and face them down, and off we’d trot to watch another play about man’s inhumanity to man.”
― Us
― Us
Joshua’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Joshua’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
6 books
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32 friends
75 books
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16 friends
5 books
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12 friends
1 book
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47 friends
1 book
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50 friends
0 books
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60 friends
764 books
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20 friends
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