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Terry W. Sprouse

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My most recent book is "How Abraham Lincoln Used Stories to Touch Hearts, Minds, and Funny Bones." I am now working on a second Lincoln book, "The Abe Lincoln Bootcamp: "Make Each Day Count and Awaken the Sleeping Giant Within."

I make frequent presentations to groups about Abe Lincoln and Storytelling.

I formerly worked for the state of Arizona for 14 years. During that time, I started a business in my spare time buying fixer-upper houses and turning them into rental properties.

In another life, I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Honduras, where I worked as a teacher trainer in rural schools, and started chicken projects.

My first book, “Fix em Up, Rent em Out,” was an award-winning finalist in the National Best Book Awards.

My wife, Angy, and ...more

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My fellow Americans. Let us examine what “politics” really is. The word politics is comprised of 2 words. First the Latin word “poly” meaning “many or various.” Second, the word “tics” meaning “blood sucking parasites.” Furthermore, you might have noticed that many politicians are also lawyers. A profession that ranks slightly lower than snakes […]

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Average rating: 4.46 · 100 ratings · 62 reviews · 6 distinct works

	How Abraham Lincoln Used Stories to Touch Hearts, Minds, and Funny Bones 4.59 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fix 'em Up, Rent 'em Out: How to Start Your Own House Fix-up & Rental Business in Your Spare Time; or, Investing in Real Estate and Creating Wealth with Fixer-Upper Houses 3.96 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carve Out Your Niche: How to Live Your Passion, Write Your Book, & Help Others Change Their World 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turn Your Home Into a Rental House Instead of Selling It! by Terry W. Sprouse (Goodreads Author), Angy Sprouse 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Keys to Success II: The Best is Yet to Come by Terry W. Sprouse (Goodreads Author), James Babcock, Randy Casarez it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fix 'em Up, Rent 'em Out: How to Start Your Own House Fix-Up & Rental Business in Your Spare Time by Terry Wayne Sprouse (19-Sep-2007) Paperback 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Tale of Two Cities

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Death by Obsession (Caribbean Murder, #8)

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Who Ate Sally's Bacon?

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“I walk slow but I never walk back.”
― Terry W. Sprouse, How Abraham Lincoln Used Stories to Touch Hearts, Minds, and Funny Bones

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“We worked like dogs, we ate like hogs, and we slept like logs.”
― Terry W. Sprouse, Fix 'em Up, Rent 'em Out: How to Start Your Own House Fix-up & Rental Business in Your Spare Time; or, Investing in Real Estate and Creating Wealth with Fixer-Upper Houses

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“In order to win a man to your cause, you must first reach his heart, the great high road to his reason. – Abraham Lincoln”
― Terry W. Sprouse, How Abraham Lincoln Used Stories to Touch Hearts, Minds, and Funny Bones

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“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
― Howard Thurman

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“It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

tags: identity, self-image, sense-of-self, stories, storytelling

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“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

tags: inspirational, soul, spiritual-growth

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“If the wind doesn't blow...row”
― C.R. Cummings, Quest of the Evensongs

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“Colorful characters are the odd shaped pieces that fill the holes in life's puzzle.”
― Richard Stephens, Pirate Tales