Chris Doherty

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Chris is Currently Reading

Chris Doherty is currently reading

Free to Choose: A Personal Statement

by Milton Friedman

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The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression

by Stéphane Courtois

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Chris’s Quotes

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

tags: inspirational, talent

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“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

tags: books, reading

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“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
― James Baldwin

tags: dissent, patriotism, protest

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“If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: open-mindedness, prejudice, truth

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Chris’s Groups

The History Book Club — 26131 members — last activity May 09, 2026 10:13AM
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more

Modern East Asian History — 105 members — last activity Dec 21, 2016 01:14PM
Books cover . . . Modern Chinese History Modern Japanese History Modern Korean History Modern Vietnamese History

Modern European History — 21 members — last activity Aug 13, 2009 04:02PM
Books you read for AP European History.

بهترین کتابی که خواندم — 4825 members — last activity Apr 20, 2026 01:48AM
این گروه برای معرفی بهترین کتاب های خوانده شده توسط دوستان عزیزه تا به این ترتیب در لذتی که از مطالعه این کتابها بردیم با هم شریک بشیم

Explore World War II and Other Wars — 86 members — last activity Jan 29, 2021 12:42AM
This group focuses on World War II and other wars. We will discuss and explain some of the many factors and contributions that led to its outcome.

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