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By Night in Chile

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Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul

by Stuart Cosgrove

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“Our lives are not as limited as we think they are; the world is a wonderfully weird place; consensual reality is significantly flawed; no institution can be trusted, but love does work; all things are possible; and we all could be happy and fulfilled if we only had the guts to be truly free and the wisdom to shrink our egos and quit taking ourselves so damn seriously.”
― Tom Robbins

tags: life

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“In a darkening world where the shadows of violence, political expediency, materialism and junk culture grow ever longer, sport as it is practised by its good pros remains a bastion of decency, a place where virtue is rewarded and cheating exposed.”
― Eamon Dunphy

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“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
― George Bernard Shaw

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Paradoxian Book Club — 13 members — last activity Oct 17, 2011 04:55AM
We, chosen few have flocked to these shores to discuss and wallow in our book-loving ways and play in the leaves of our riches.

BUOT book club — 9 members — last activity May 23, 2013 11:33AM
Backup OT will never die as long as are there still women for people to bemoan, a ready supply of cheap alcohol, and that thread with the fucked up an ...more

Irish Readers — 725 members — last activity Jul 04, 2026 06:07AM
A group for the Irish members of Goodreads! Every month we nominate and vote for a book which we read and discuss the following month. If you are ju ...more

Think [the box] ing — 315 members — last activity Jul 29, 2018 09:06AM
NOTE: Please refrain from using this group to promote your book. Such posts will be deleted. For all those who appreciate thinking, discussing and de ...more