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Mike Triggs

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in Fort Dodge Iowa, The United States

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Humor and Comedy, Gay and Lesbian, Memoir

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Former political 'Golden Boy' reduced to selling underwear at a high-end department store.

Overachiever, customer service 'Rock Star' & storyteller extraordinaire.

Prior to coming to work for the Nordstrom and Von Maur Department stores and a men's boutique at The Phoenician Resort, I was a policy analyst for the Iowa and Wisconsin legislatures, worked for two Governors and a Secretary of State, was a political appointee in the administration of President George H. W. Bush and the Executive Director of the Minnesota Republican Party. I've been a lobbyist for Planned Parenthood of Minnesota and South Dakota and a freelance writer. I've had Guest Opinions published in the newspapers throughout Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Arizona.

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Average rating: 4.29 · 14 ratings · 5 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

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The Cost of Discipleship: New Edition by Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015-08-31)

by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

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The Medici Return (Cotton Malone, #19)

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“Honestly, I hate when in books, the guys changes the girl's life. Like, no. The girl needs to change her own life.”
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“If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.”
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“Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays, First Series

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