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The Inbetween Leader: Cultivating Courage and Unity in a Complex World

by Jody Wilson-Raybould

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Leonard and Hungry Paul

by Ronan Hession (Goodreads Author)

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Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)

by Elinor Ostrom

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Ron’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Bluestockings The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education

Bluestockings The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education by Jane Robinson

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A Cambridge professor who is in the habit of addressing his students most pointedly as ‘Gentlemen!’ proceeded to his lecture room on Ash Wednesday, to find only the ladies present. With head erect and eyes riveted on the opposite wall, he ...more

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Ron’s Quotes

“In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.

(Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book.)”
― Thomas a Kempis

tags: books, literature, peace, reading, rest, words

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“‎"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves."
- Edward R. Murrow”
― Edward R. Murrow, In Search Of Light: The Broadcasts Of Edward R. Morrow, 1938-1961

tags: politics-of-the-united-states

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“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
― Upton Sinclair, I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked

tags: darwinism, evolution, ideology, obtuseness, understanding

1262 likes

“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

1007 likes

“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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