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“You make do with what you have. As you age you learn even to be happy with what you have.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“When I feed the poor, they call me a saint, but when I ask why the poor are hungry, they call me a communist. Dom Helder Camara – one of the great prophets of Christian "Liberation theology".”
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“It might be a little silly for someone getting to be my age to put this into words, but I just want to make sure I get the facts down clearly : I'm the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I'm the type of person who doesn't find it painful to be alone. I find spending an hour or two everyday running alone, not speaking to anyone as well as four of five hours at my desk, to be neither difficult or boring.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Anybody who thinks there's nothing wrong with this world needs to have his head examined. Just when things are going all right, without fail someone or something will come along and spoil everything. Somebody should write that down as a fundamental law of the Universe. The principle of perpetual disappointment. If there is a God who created this world, he should scrap it and try again.”
― Master Harold...and the Boys
― Master Harold...and the Boys
“Everyone knows history is written by the winners, but that cliche misses a crucial detail: Over time, the winners are always the progressives. Conservatism can only win in the short term, because society cannot stop evolving (and social evolution inevitably dovetails with the agenda of those who see change as an abstract positive). It might take seventy years, but it always happens eventually. Serious historians are, almost without exception, self-styled progressives. Radical views--even the awful ones--improve with age.”
― I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains
― I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains
Jersey City Women's Book & Wine Club
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This group is for women in the Jersey City area in their late-20's to 40's to who love to read all different types of books and are looking to make ne ...more
Nicole’s 2025 Year in Books
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