3 quotes from 3 books. Sent weekly.
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—Mark
“We demand too much of life, too little of ourselves.”
—The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations, by Christopher Lasch (1979)
“‘You can't break the rules, the fundamental rules,’ he said. ‘Be a man of your word. Do what you say you gonna do. Respect people the way that you would like to be respected.’“
—The Marathon Don't Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle, by Rob Kenner (2020)
“‘Hip’ people love parodies. But there’s no such thing as a timeless parody, is there? I have more respect for the earnest guy who does something that can last for generations, and that hip people feel the need to parody.”
—The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch ()