Brian Mikołajczyk

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Brian is Currently Reading

Brian Mikołajczyk is currently reading

The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)

by Dan Brown (Goodreads Author)

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May 07, 2017 08:21PM

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Voices of a People's History of the United States

by Howard Zinn

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Sep 16, 2025 06:20AM

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Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock's Wildest Festival

by Richard Bienstock

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Brian’s Notes & Highlights

Gaza: Stay Human by Vittorio Arrigoni

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It all began after Israel ‘disengaged’ from Gaza in the summer of 2005. The settlers were moved so as to enable the Israel army to control the Strip and employ harsh, retaliatory and punitive action without worrying about the fate of Jewish ...more

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Brian’s Quotes

“Liberties aren't given, they are taken.”
― Aldous Huxley

tags: freedom

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“The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopt.”
― Mark Twain

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“There’s no such thing as a young refugee; every migrant has a past they’ve fled from, and how can you be young when you already have one life behind you?”
― Lev Golinkin, A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir

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“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
― Marcus Aurelius

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