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Barbara is Currently Reading

Barbara is currently reading

Floating Mountains: The Art of Imagining the Impossible

by Joe Rohde

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Barbara’s Quotes

“Not giving a shit, she decided, is like the defrost option on a car's heater that miraculously unfogs the windshield, allowing you to see where you're headed.”
― Richard Russo, Empire Falls

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“Ultimately, your theme will find you. You don't have to go looking for it.”
― Richard Russo

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“Look for what you notice but no one else sees.”
― Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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“Tyrants tell stories only about themselves because history for them begins and ends with their own insatiable appetites.”
― Jamie Raskin, Unthinkable: Think You'll Be Happy: Moving Through Grief with Grit, Grace, and Gratitude – A Memoir of Resilience

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“Everyone at the University of Chicago was smart—there was no arguing that—but Elaine was a world-wise woman among children, with a mind that seemed to run only at high speed, a cruel wit that could be weaponized at a moment’s notice, and an intimidating raw and unbalanced intelligence that came from all those years of skipping school to devour books on her own instead.”
― Carrie Courogen, Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

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