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Samuel L
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If you cannot build a life in your own country, how will you do so in another?
This really made me think...I completely agree with it, but also see merit in finding a place that feels right (or more right) for you and your family.
“A dream does not die on its own. A dream is vanquished by the choices ordinary people make about real things in their own lives...”
― Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation
― Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation
“Come to the edge," he said.
They said, "We are afraid."
Come to the edge," he said.
They came.
He pushed them...and they flew.”
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They said, "We are afraid."
Come to the edge," he said.
They came.
He pushed them...and they flew.”
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“the time is always right to do the right thing”
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“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”
― The Song of the Lark
― The Song of the Lark
“There is something deeply hypocritical in a society that holds an inner-city child only eight years old "accountable" for her performance on a high-stakes standardized exam but does not hold the high officials of our government accountable for robbing her of what they gave their own kids six or seven years before.”
― The Shame of the Nation
― The Shame of the Nation
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Samuel’s 2025 Year in Books
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Classics, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Suspense, and Sports
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