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“You don't have to be a hero to accomplish great things---to compete. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.”
― Edmund Hillary, High Adventure: The True Story Of The First Ascent Of Everest

tags: motivational

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“When I asked him, fifty-three years after the event, "Mr. Lucas, why did you jump on those grenades?" he did not hesitate with his answer: "To save my buddies.”
― James Bradley, Flags of Our Fathers

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“A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.”
― Walter Mosley, The Long Fall

tags: reading

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“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx

tags: books, humor, reading, television

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“Riley had no doubt that an "immediate and merciful act of the Almighty" had saved them from the surf at Bojador. According to him, all of his men believed this too. Later, when a friend advised him to play down this conviction, because skeptics would use it to discredit the rest of his account of the voyage, Riley refused.”
― Dean King, Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival

tags: faith, inspirational, religious

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Wholesome History Reads Group — 481 members — last activity Jan 25, 2026 06:47PM
Welcome to the Wholesome History Reads Group! This group is dedicated to finding awesome history books that are entertaining, exciting, and above ...more

THE WORLD WAR TWO GROUP — 2705 members — last activity 2 hours, 18 min ago
A chance to discuss books covering the Second World War, the battles, campaigns, leaders and weapons. Tantum librorum, tam brevi tempore (So many ...more

THE NAPOLEONIC WARS — 269 members — last activity 3 hours, 18 min ago
A chance to discuss books covering the Napoleonic Wars. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with ...more