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in London, The United Kingdom

January 04

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	How to Change the World by John-Paul Flintoff (Goodreads Author), The School of Life 3.73 avg rating — 942 ratings — published 2012 — 29 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
	Through the Eye of a Needle 3.66 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2009 — 5 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
	What If the Queen Should Die? 3.19 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2016 — 4 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
	Psalms for the City: Original poetry inspired by the places we call home 4.43 avg rating — 7 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
	Comp: a survivor's tale really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1998	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
	A Modest Book About How to Make an Adequate Speech 2.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 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
	El proyecto de la familia: Un álbum creativo by Harriet Green, John-Paul Flintoff (Goodreads Author), Manu Viciano (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 2.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 3 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
	Through the Eye of a Needle: The True Story of a Man Who Went Searching for Meaning - and Ended Up Making His Y-fronts 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	How to Change the World by John-Paul Flintoff (Goodreads Author), David Thorpe (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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“What we need is often exactly what we already have.”
― John-Paul Flintoff, How to Change the World

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“The fact is that anything we do might be characterised as unhelpful, if only by people far away from ourselves, in time or space, who must deal with consequences that are hidden from us. Being aware of this, we are less likely to get carried away with messianic zeal, and that's no bad thing. In changing the world we can proceed with a degree of humility.”
― John-Paul Flintoff, How to Change the World

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“The search for meaning must always come before the pursuit of happiness, Frankl insists, as we must have a reason to be happy. Once the reason is found, one becomes happy automatically. But when Frankl talked about meaning, he didn’t only mean some grand, ultimate purpose, of the sort that might appear on our gravestone. He meant the potential meaning inherent and dormant in every situation we ever encounter. ‘The perception of meaning boils down to becoming aware of what can be done about a given situation.”
― John-Paul Flintoff, How to Change the World

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