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“Happiness [is] only real when shared”
― Into the Wild
― Into the Wild
“After all, it’s actually relatively easy to drive a Formula One car. Throttle, Green, Green, Amber. Change. Brake, turn the wheel, point it at a corner, accelerate. Simple. It’s like an arcade game. The challenge is doing it faster than everybody else without losing control. That is an entirely different level.”
― How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer
― How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer
“Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you.”
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“It’s not a question of whether you will hurt, or of how much you will hurt; it’s a question of what you will do, and how well you will do it, while pain has her wanton way with you.”
― The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
― The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
“Until the millennium arrives and countries cease trying to enslave others, it will be necessary to accept one's responsibilities and be willing to make sacrifices for one's country - as my comrades did. As the troops used to say, "If the country is good enough to live in, it's good enough to fight for." With privilege goes responsibility.”
― With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
― With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
Matt Doggett’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Matt Doggett’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Crime, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Science, Sports, Thriller, Travel, and War
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