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Party of One
Anneli Rufus
“that helped a lot that was one book that made me feel like it made me understand things”
“i read a book called um party of one by a woman named annelie rufus that somebody gave me and suggested i read and that helped a lot”— guest
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Leon: The Professional
Luc Besson (inferred)
“one of your favorite films”
“you also told me that leon the professional is one of your favorite films it's also the reason you named your dog leon”— Lex Fridman
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True Romance
Tony Scott (inferred)
“that's my second favorite movie ... that's probably my favorite movie”
“did you see the movie true romance uh yes that's my second favorite movie okay that's probably my favorite movie”— guest
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A Room with a View
James Ivory (inferred)
“my third favorite film”
“my third favorite film has no violence whatsoever what's your third um a room with a view i feel like you'd like it”— guest
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Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter (inferred)
“a book that made me laugh and cry and it's just a happy story”
“beautiful ruins it's a book that made me laugh and cry and it's just a happy story”— guest
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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
William Styron (inferred)
“he writes about his own experience with depression in such a beautiful way ... my own copy is full of underlines”
“there's others darkness visible these are more a memoir of madness compelling harrowing a vivid portrait of a debilitating disorder”— guest
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Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight
M.E. Thomas
“it's a book i recommend a lot ... i learned more from that book than from any other book and ... it's beautifully written”
“a confession of a sociopath by m.e thomas a life spent hiding in plain sight it's a book i recommend a lot”— guest
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On Love
Alain de Botton
“no it's funny and it's beautiful and shocking that he wrote it when he was very young”
“it's called on love all right i can't wait but i'm gonna read the cliff notes bye it's short by this guy named alan de botton”— guest
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The Untethered Soul
Michael Singer
“that kind of helped take it to next level”
“one of the books somebody sent me was um the untethered soul by michael singer and it's very much about like observing your mind”— guest
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Chasing Ghislaine
Vicky Ward (inferred)
“i would definitely listen to ... i thought it was really really well done”
“there was one that was more focused on her by vicki ward that i would definitely listen to”— guest
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson
“you did a lot of reading when you were growing up and you mentioned fear and loathing in las vegas by hunter s thompson”— Lex Fridman
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Evernote
Evernote (inferred)
“what i do is i have a whole file in evernote of transcribed quotes from books ones that i want to save”— guest
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Words With Friends
Zynga (inferred)
“we both played words with friends back then and we would message in words with friends and then eventually you know we exchanged phone numbers”— guest
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The Office
NBC (inferred)
“like jim and pam on the office did you watch the office yeah because yeah of course i watch the office british office is better”— guest
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Dear Reader
Michael Malice
“my next-door neighbor is michael malus he's a anarchist i have one of his books the hero deer reader dear reader”— Lex Fridman
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The White Pill
Michael Malice
“because he's writing a book now the white pill that's really focused on stalin and the holomore there's basically atrocities throughout the 20th century”— Lex Fridman
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Breaking Bad
Vince Gilligan (inferred)
“it could only really be done well in like a breaking bad type of series long like a long series where like you would be taken through these kind of gut-wrenching”— guest
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
William L. Shirer (inferred)
“it's already a while ago re-read the rise and fall of the third reich i've been reading a lot a lot about hitler”— Lex Fridman
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Our Daily Bread
Nikolaus Geyrhalter (inferred)
“after watching this movie called our daily bread many years ago um but it's an interesting way to think about it”— guest
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Wild World
Cat Stevens (inferred)
“after that he goes the credits with the wild world which is a great song yes oh baby it's a wild world”— Lex Fridman
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