Scott Snyder Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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“When an uninstructed multitude attempts to see with its eyes, it is exceedingly apt to be deceived.” Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (1850) Publisher - Ticknor, Reed & Fields https://t.co/VsTOnS27V1

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Here are my arrows aiming for the common heart of things. Each attached with a few words, scrappy oracles. Three hundred and sixty-six ways of saying hello. Patti Smith, A Book of Days Publisher - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (2022) https://t.co/PwtN6ItoZJ

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“The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart.” Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan https://t.co/FbNe5Owtkm

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(“Those fellows, they’re always crying over the killers. Never a thought for the victims”). Truman Capote, In Cold Blood (1966). Senior McCarthy aide, House Oversight chairman each met with mother of Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt https://t.co/4q9u4aiCwZ via @CBSPolitics

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‘Optimism!’ said Cacambo, ‘what is that?’ ‘Alas!’ replied Candide, ‘it is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst’ Voltaire, Candide, ou l'Optimisme (1759) https://t.co/ymkSjqhQoC

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Euripides – Medea (431 BC) “Stronger than lover's love is lover's hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make.” Medée at the Théâtre de la Renaissance, Paris (1898) Poster by Alfons Mucha https://t.co/1oqzPw5C9J

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🐷 Hey, got any pictures of Brett Favre and you killing things? I can always find news articles about MS misuse of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds. 🐷 🐷🐷 “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” George Orwell, Animal Farm 🐷 https://t.co/8xc18C5jYk

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Article “Congress said what it meant & meant what it said.” Judge Pan Horton Hatches the Egg “I meant what I said & I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful 100%” Dr. Seuss Jan. 6 rioters can be prosecuted for obstructing Congress, court rules https://t.co/asqvDAihrK

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“Just because you can read, write and do a little math, doesn't mean that you're entitled to conquer the universe.” Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus Is Ron DeSantis Flaming Out Already? https://t.co/HpZACgq6Uz

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RIGHTS OF MAN. PART THE FIRST BEING AN ANSWER TO MR. BURKE'S ATTACK ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION “A body of men, holding themselves accountable to nobody, ought not to be trusted by anybody.” Thomas Paine, Rights of Man (March 1791 and February 1792) https://t.co/RtvP3MjSGW