George Siehl

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George is Currently Reading

George Siehl is currently reading

God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine

by Victoria Sweet

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(page 301 of 372)
— May 31, 2026 07:17PM

May 10, 2026 07:14PM

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World War II: A Short History

by Michael J. Lyons

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(page 288 of 343)
— Apr 28, 2026 07:36PM

Feb 05, 2026 07:19PM

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The 14th Colony (Cotton Malone, #11)

by Steve Berry (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: fiction, government, history-american, intelligence, military, owned, international-relations, currently-reading

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read in January 2025

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George Siehl said: " I love it when a thriller plot element seems relevant to a current news topic. Steve Berry's 2016 novel The 14th Colony does just that. The 14th Colony means Canada and the inclusion in America's Articles of Confederation. There, the Founders held ou ...more "

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— Jan 12, 2026 07:42PM

Feb 24, 2025 08:06PM · see review

George’s Quotes

“I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.”
― Maya Angelou

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“I'd woken up early, and I took a long time getting ready to exist.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

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“Peace in international affairs: a period of cheating between periods of fighting”
― Ambrose Bierce

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“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
― L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

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“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: civic-duty, dissent, patriotism, truth-telling

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