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“The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.”
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“There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?”
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“Let no one be discouraged by the belief there is nothing one person can do against the enormous array of the world's ills, misery, ignorance, and violence. Few will have the greatness to bend history, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. And in the total of all those acts will be written the history of a generation.”
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“Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their peers, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world that yields most painfully to change.”
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“Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flouted, when we tolerate what we know to be wrong, when we close our eyes and ears to the corrupt because we are too busy or too frightened, when we fail to speak up and speak out, we strike a blow against freedom and decency and justice.”
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Pete’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Pete’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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319 friends
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144 friends
31 books
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119 friends
13 books
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2 books
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