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John Leland

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John Leland is a reporter at The New York Times, where he wrote a yearlong series that became the basis for Happiness Is a Choice You Make, and the author of two previous books, Hip: The History and Why Kerouac Matters: The Lessons of “On the Road” (They’re Not What You Think). Before joining the Times, he was a senior editor at Newsweek, editor in chief of Details, a reporter at Newsday, and a writer and editor at Spin magazine.

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	Shakespeare's Prop Room: An Inventory by John Leland (Goodreads Author), Alan Baragona liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2016 — 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
	A supplement to the first and second volumes of the View of the principal deistical writers: containing additions and illustrations relating to those volumes, in several letters to a friend ; to which is added, Reflections on the late Lord Bolingbroke' 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1756 — 15 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
	A defence of Christianity. In two parts. Part I. The law of nature considered ... Part II. The authority and usefulness of revelation and the sacred ... The second edition, corrected. Volume 2 of 2 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	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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	The Yankee Spy: Calculated for the Religious Meridian of Massachusetts, But Will Answer for New-Hampshire, Connecticut, and Vermont, Without Any Material Alterations. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 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
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“The good things in life-happiness, purpose, contentment, companionship, beauty, and love-have been there all along. We don't need to earn them. Good food, friends, art, warmth, worth-these are the things we have already. We just need to choose them as our lives.”
― John Leland, Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old

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“Researchers have long observed that older people who feel a sense of purpose in their lives tend to live longer, fuller,”
― John Leland, Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old

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“The lesson was to find happiness not in the absence of pain and loss, but in their acceptance.”
― John Leland, Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old

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