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My peak as a runner came in my late forties. Before then I’d aimed at running a full marathon in three and a half hours, a pace of exactly one kilometer in five minutes, or one mile in eight. Sometimes I broke three and a half hours,
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“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
― Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who will watch the watchers?”
― The Sixteen Satires
― The Sixteen Satires
“Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.”
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“If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power. Any man can stand adversity — only a great man can stand prosperity. It is the glory of Abraham Lincoln that he never abused power only on the side of mercy”
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“The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking done by cowards.”
― Charles George Gordon
― Charles George Gordon
R’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at R’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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82 books
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46 books
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732 books
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35 books
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23 books
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26 friends
15 books
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18 friends
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