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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

by David Grann (Goodreads Author)

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Mark Hernandez said: " The story of the exploitation and systematic murders of the Osage in "Killers of the Flower Moon" in the book for financial profit is horrific enough.

The movie's depiction of the tale is even more heinous because we see the perpetrators lie, cheat, ...more "

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“The measure of (mental) health is flexibility (not comparison to some ‘norm’), the freedom to learn from experience … to be influenced by reasonable arguments … and the appeal to the emotions … and especially the freedom to cease when sated. The essence of illness is the freezing of behavior into unalterable and insatiable patterns. Lawrence Kubie”
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“You pigs, you. You rut like pigs, is all. You got the most in you, and you use the least. You hear me, you? Got a million in you and spend pennies. Got a genius in you and think crazies. Got a heart in you and feel empties. All a you. Every you...'

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Take a war to make you spend. Take a jam to make you think. Take a challenge to make you great. Rest of the time you sit around lazy, you. Pigs, you! All right, God damn you! I challenge you, me. Die or live and be great. Blow yourselves to Christ gone or come and find me, Gully Foyle, and I make you men. I make you great. I give you the stars.”
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