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Robert Greene • The Laws of Human Nature
“It is ambition,” he had written, “that makes of a creature a real man.” Pride, embarrassment, gloating: such emotions could only hinder his progress along the road he saw so clearly before him—the “vision” he had indeed held for so long. They were luxuries in which he would not indulge himself.
Robert A. Caro • The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I
Levels of the Game by John McPhee,
Ferriss, Timothy • Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
Writing Advice
Jeremy St-Onge • 1 card
According to Donald Barthelme, “The writer is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do.” Gerald Stern put it this way: “If you start out to write a poem about two dogs fucking, and you write a poem about two dogs fucking—then you wrote a poem about two dogs fucking.”
George Saunders • A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo
Talent alone is never enough. It must be bolstered by character if a person desires to go far.
John C. Maxwell • The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
He writes, he says, for four basic reasons. First, sheer egoism. The desire to seem clever and to get talked about. Second, aesthetic enthusiasm. The pleasure he gets from playing with sentences and words. But Orwell is nothing if not honest. And he has to admit that there are higher motives as well. Third, then, is the “historic impulse,” the desi
... See moreDavid Brooks • The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
Character is more than just having principles. It’s a learned capacity to live by your principles.