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    Nancy Omeara
    “Being the World’s Most Powerful Leader is Easier Than You Think
    One of my first executive orders was to impose a moratorium on any new federal government hiring. That got the “Incredible Shrinking Government” meal simmering. Veto stamps branded into any Congressional salary increase proposal added a certain singed aroma.”
    ― Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]
    tags: female-presidents, governed, government, imaginative, leadership, politicians, practical, succinct, unique
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    Yvonne Korshak
    “The water far below was black in the shadow of the ship. A plank creaked. She froze. No noisy jump. It would have to be a dive. Head down into darkness. She’d never dived at night.”
    ― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
    tags: ancient-athens, fiction, golden-age, history, immersive, literature, love, military-campaigns, treacherous
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    Michael G. Kramer
    “Adrian blew his whistle and shouted, “Attack and put too death all those who oppose the fatherland!”
    ― Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
    tags: find-oneself, friendships, learning, life-lessons, love, personal-identity, philosophy, teachings, truths, value
    159 likes

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    “He sounds like a politician running for office.”
    ― March Lions, The Last Sunset
    tags: action-packed, alien-invasion, alien-spacecraft, aliens, compelling, earth, fast-paced, galaxy, humans, struggles
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    Julio Cortázar
    “I sometimes longed for someone who, like me, had not adjusted perfectly with his age, and such a person was hard to find; but I soon discovered cats, in which I could imagine a condition like mine, and books, where I found it quite often.”
    ― Julio Cortázar, Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
    tags: cats, reading
    262 likes

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    David Mitchell
    “Do ants get headaches?”
    ― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
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    Azar Nafisi
    “A great novel heightens your senses and sensitivity to the complexities of life and of individuals, and prevents you from the self-righteousness that sees morality in fixed formulas about good and evil.”
    ― Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
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    Mary Doria Russell
    “Jesus Christ," Jimmy breathed, meeting the future by turning to the ancient past.”
    ― Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow
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    Christopher Hitchens
    “Cheap booze is a false economy.”
    ― Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22: A Memoir
    tags: alcohol, economy, value, wisdom
    31 likes



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