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“At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done.
We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.”
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We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.”
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“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
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“Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.”
― Airman's Odyssey
― Airman's Odyssey
Agatha Christie Lovers
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We are reading her books from the first one published to the last one published each month. However, do not let that stop you from reading them out of ...more
White Nights
— 400 members
— last activity Nov 12, 2019 05:45PM
For anyone remotely interested and versed in Russian literature, history and culture. Love Pushkin, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Akhmatova, Nabokov? ...more
Together Women Rise Book Club
— 619 members
— last activity Sep 10, 2025 07:42AM
Together Women Rise is a powerful community of women and allies dedicated to achieving global gender equality. This book club is open to ANYONE who c ...more
Barbara Pym Fan Club
— 167 members
— last activity Sep 01, 2023 07:58AM
A fan club honoring the hilarious but understated British author, Barbara Pym, who has been called a 20th century Jane Austen.
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