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The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West
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“I am working on cases of huge importance and hold the fate of several people in my hands, and at the same time I am beset by exhaustion and periods of depression. I am working through nervous energy and forced willpower alone. I no longer
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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
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“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Jingo
― Jingo
“I feel that life is divided into the horrible and the miserable. That's the two categories. The horrible are like, I don't know, terminal cases, you know, and blind people, crippled. I don't know how they get through life. It's amazing to me. And the miserable is everyone else. So you should be thankful that you're miserable, because that's very lucky, to be miserable.”
― Annie Hall: Screenplay
― Annie Hall: Screenplay
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
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“I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.”
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John’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at John’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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10 friends
2,676 books
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223 books
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220 books
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59 friends
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