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Ron is Currently Reading

Ron Peters is currently reading

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

by Carlo Rovelli

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Ron’s Notes & Highlights

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

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"Revenge may be wicked, but it's natural," answered Miss Rebecca. "I'm no angel." And, to say the truth, she certainly was not.

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Ron’s Quotes

“Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.”
― P. J. O'Rourke

tags: books, good-impressions

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“There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money and I can’t remember what the second one is.”
― Mark Hanna

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“A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.”
― Robertson Davies

tags: architecture, books, perspective, reading, rereading

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“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”
― Desmond Tutu (Foreword)

tags: bullying, dissent, moral-courage, protest

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