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"i opened the book, picking a passage at random, and came across a tale about alexander the great. the emperor, as the story went, received as a gift some wondrous glass dishes. he liked the gifts very much, but smashed them all nonetheless. "why? are they not beautiful?" he was asked. "precisely because of that," he answered. "they are so beautiful that it would be hard for me to lose them. and with time they would break, one by one. and i would be sorrier than i am now."
the tale was naive but it still astonished me. its lesson was bitter: one should renounce everything he might ever begin to love, because loss and disappointment are inevitable. we must renounce love in order not to lose i…
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nusr-et
his real name is nusret gokce. we both come from the same turkish city: erzurum.
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airtag
apple's new tile killer. i wish it was wirelessly chargeable.
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frederick douglass
a former slave, advised president abraham lincoln on black americans' struggles.
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users' current mood
less tolerant.
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1984
one of the must-read george orwell books to read. another one:
(see: animal farm)
some fav quotes:
--spoiler--
who controls the past controls the future.
who controls the present controls the past.
doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them:
war is peace.
freedom is slavery.
ignorance is strength.
big brother is watching you.
freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. if that is granted, all else follows.
we do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.
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berlin
one of europe's most cosmopolitan cities. you can survive without knowing german and english if you speak turkish. tempelhof airport is my favorite place to spend entire day.
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alexander the great
had an enduring desire to imitate achilles. he died at age 32. he was tutored by aristotle
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gobekli tepe
the world's first temple. approximately, 6000 years older than stonehenge
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judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
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reno
a city in nevada where you can ski and play golf in the same day.
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whatsapp
the last platform that is ruined by mark zuckerberg.
telegram has way more features and signal is more secure and privacy focused. image -
turkey
almost failed state.
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dog.
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reynolds school of journalism
has one of the best grad school programs at unr.
(see: university of nevada, reno)
reynolds school of journalism website