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One other oddly big thing happened to Sam at the beginning of his junior year. Completely out of the blue, a twenty-five-year-old lecturer in philosophy at Oxford University named Will Crouch* reached out and asked to meet with him. Sam never learned how the guy had found him—probably from the writing Sam had been doing on various utilitarian
... See moreMichael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Peter Singer, Australian moral philosopher
Ferriss, Timothy • Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
thumbtacks to a magnet, the seduction boys were up his ass. He was a manic new voice, an instant do-it-yourself guru. And, soon, he was Papa’s trusted wing. He joined Papa on his journey to spend face time with every seducer with a silly nickname. And one of them, naturally, was me. Tyler Durden e-mailed me constantly. He was a persistent little
... See moreNeil Strauss • The Game
‘I don’t know where Travis Bickle is from or what made him do what he did. I don’t know and I don’t care. That’s what makes him
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Jeff: One of my favorite comedians of all time is Jack Benny. But besides being my favorite comedian, he also had a reputation of being the biggest supporter of other comedians and the nicest amongst comedians, and I really want to be known as, if not the nicest, then one of the nicest comedians.
Judd Apatow • Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy

Dischner is the only Paradise City member who naturally looks like a GNR doppelgänger. He’s also the guy who makes the trains run on time; he handles the money, coordinates the schedules, and generally keeps his bandmates from killing each other. All of these guys are friendly, but Dischner is the most relentlessly nice. He’s also mind-blowingly
... See moreChuck Klosterman • Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
N’en faisant pas trop pour autant, imposant avec une calme autorité sa façon bien à lui de voir et de faire les choses. Cela surprend, au début, qu’il n’accepte jamais une partie de cartes ou d’échecs parce qu’il estime que c’est une perte de temps, et qu’il le passe, ce temps, à lire ou écrire sur sa couchette, mais on comprend vite qu’il n’y a
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