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Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

by Uché Blackstock (Goodreads Author)

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The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas

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Book cover for Butler to the World: The book the oligarchs don’t want you to read - how Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals

Butler to the World: The book the oligarchs don’t want you to read - how Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals by Oliver Bullough

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Wealthy people, whether their wealth is dirty or clean, almost invariably all like the same things: low taxes, minimal scrutiny, no transparency.

“I had taken a partner once before-but, damnation, no matter how many times you get your fingers burned, you have to trust people. Otherwise you are a hermit in a cave, sleeping with one eye open.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Door Into Summer

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“Prof is right; more than three people can’t decide anything.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

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“Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a little hard of hearing—to tune out and not snap back in anger or impatience.”
― Irin Carmon, Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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“Eleanor Roosevelt, said, ‘Anger, resentment, envy. These are emotions that just sap your energy. They’re not productive and don’t get you anyplace, so get over it.”
― Irin Carmon, Notorious RBG Young Readers' Edition: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg – The New York Times Bestselling Biography of a Supreme Court Icon for Middle Grade Readers

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“1963: RBG becomes the second woman to teach full-time at Rutgers School of Law. “[The dean explained] it was only fair to pay me modestly, because my husband had a very good job.”
― Irin Carmon, Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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