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“The books of somebody who reads are an infallible guide to the owner’s mentality.”
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
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“A marriage, willy-nilly, requires you to trust that your spouse will tell your story truthfully and lovingly when you are no longer around to tell it yourself.”
― Here If You Need Me
― Here If You Need Me
“To preserve the past is to save the future...”
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“We ask the education system to expiate the sins of the rest of the society and then condemn it as hopelessly broken when it doesn't prove up to the task.”
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“What matters most in a child's development, they say, is not how much information we can stuff into her brain in the first few years. What matters, instead, is whether we are able to help her develop a very different set of qualities, a list that includes persistence, self-control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit and self-confidence.”
― How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
― How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
Grant Professionals Who Read
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A group for the members of the #GrantChat/GPA community who also love reading.
Dan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Dan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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