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Frodo: I can't do this, Sam.

Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness, and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end, because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it'll shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.

Frodo: What are we holding on to, Sam?

Sam: That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo...and it's worth fighting for.

Hi

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I love Wikipedia. It's like taking a trip to a museum, you get to go down rabbit holes.

If I had more time and expertise, I would contribute more.

Barnstar

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Climate Change Barnstar
For bravely joining the conversation to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Climate change topics, and connecting climate change to topics like Industrial processes. Keep up the good work, and hope to keep seeing you around WP:WikiProject Climate Change Sadads (talk) 21:02, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Meaningful quotes

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  • All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
  • Man is a creature that can get accustomed to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him.
  • Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
  • Festina lente
  • The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
  • Dum spiro spero
  • It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

Interesting places

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Interesting human-society ideas

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Winners of the MurrayScience award

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This is a (likely incomplete) list of modern intellectuals - listed in alphabetical order. I appreciate their society-relevant academic contributions, just as one might appreciate the cinematic contributions of various actors and directors. The people in this list have made substantial contributions to the public understanding of the world and they deserve an (extremely prestigious) award! I think Cicero is cool too but he's old.

Each winner's h-index (mostly from Dec-2020) is shown next to their name.

Favo(u)rite / Humorous Wiki pages

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Cool women throughout history

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