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Familia

by Lauren E. Rico (Goodreads Author)

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Patriot: A Memoir

by Alexei Navalny

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The Moviegoer

by Walker Percy

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Matt’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Héctor García

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Existential frustration arises when our life is without purpose, or when that purpose is skewed.

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Matt’s Quotes

“Love never fails. Character never quits. And with patience and persistence, dreams do come true”
― Pete Maravich

tags: dreams, inspirational, love, patience, persistence

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“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
― Mark Twain

tags: birth, born, day, important, life, reasons-why, true

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“Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

tags: activism, service

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“We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.”
― Haile Selassie I

tags: courage, humanity, men, race, spirit

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