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Jim Beaver
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Life's That Way: A Memoir
— published 2009 — 10 editions |
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John Garfield: His Life and Films
by James N. Beaver, James N. Beaver Jr., Jim Beaver (Goodreads Author) — published 1978 |
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Movie Blockbusters
by Steven H. Scheuer, Jim Beaver (Goodreads Author) — published 1983 |
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| Claire Lee Chennault was the colorful leader of the Flying Tigers, the famed volunteer group who served in China in the early days of America's involvement in World War II. Chennault should have been played by John Wayne in a movie. He was tough, com...more | |
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| Rex Stout combined the hard-boiled detective of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler with the intellectual master-detective of the Sherlock Holmes stories and came up with a most winning formula for his long series of Nero Wolfe books. While Wolfe c...more | |
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| Before Dwayne Epstein's generally fine biography of movie icon Lee Marvin, all that was available was a fairly well-researched but obnoxiously self-impressed and over-written book by Donald Zec. Epstein does a good job of describing Marvin's career a...more | |
“While I was drying off Maddie after her bath tonight, she said, 'I love you' to me for the first time. It sounded like 'All lub boo,' but I didn't care. To reciprocate, I showed her what an ex-Marine looks like when he cries.”
― Jim Beaver, Life's That Way: A Memoir
― Jim Beaver, Life's That Way: A Memoir
“Today we fight. Tomorrow we fight. The day after, we fight. And if this disease plans on whipping us, it better bring a lunch, 'cause it's gonna have a long day doing it.”
― Jim Beaver, Life's That Way: A Memoir
― Jim Beaver, Life's That Way: A Memoir
“Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else; it's something you do for yourself. To forgive is not to condone, it is to refuse to continue feeling bad about an injury.”
― Jim Beaver, Life's That Way: A Memoir
― Jim Beaver, Life's That Way: A Memoir
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“Man is born to live, to suffer, and to die, and what befalls him is a tragic lot. There is no denying this in the final end. But we must deny it all along the way.”
― Thomas Wolfe
― Thomas Wolfe
“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.”
― John Wayne
― John Wayne
“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”
― François de La Rochefoucauld
― François de La Rochefoucauld
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Any man with your levels of nuance and thoughfulness, combined with a lack of pretense and nonsense, is a person whose book recommendations I can take seriously. Can't wait to read that Lee Marvin book!
Hi Jim! Thanks for accepting my friend request :) I really admire your work and I can't wait to read your book. Lots of love form Argentina.
Hey, thank you the add Jim :DI know lots of people have already said that, but I guess it's never too much telling you did a great job on SPN and that we really miss you :P And I was excited to find out you're also a writter (and a enthusiastic reader). Looking foward to reading your book and seeing you in Brazil this year :)
Thank you for accepting my friend request. I'm a big fan of you work, especially on my favorite show Supernatural. And I can't wait to read your book. BTW, I really hope they bring you back on SPN, the boys really need a father figure.
Thanks for adding me.I am a fan of your wonderful acting and looking forward to read your books.
Nevey.
Thanks very much for accepting me as one of your friends. :) I'm a big Supernatural fan and really like your character on the show. Who doesn't like Bobby!? lol. It was sad to see him go.But its Supernatural so who knows,maybe Bobby will come back in some shape or form, at least for a little while. hehe. Anyway, it's interesting to see the books you have in your collection. I've actually read some of them. Looking forward to reading your book as well, it seems very intriguing. :)
Thanks for the add Jim. A big Supernatural fan and looking forward to getting to read your books. P.S. Your character is my husbands favorite on Supernatural.
Your quote about Maddie saying 'I love you' was absolutly beautiful. Thank you for sharing that no matter how life is, love and beauty are in our lives. Thank you for writing a book that is helping me heal.
Thanks for the accepting the friends add, sir, looking forward to expanding my reading by picking up some of your favourites :)
I'm so excited that you have one of these accounts!!! I'm reading Life's That Way. It's sad but inspiring. :)
Thanks, Jim. Looking forward to spending time on Goodreads. What's that quote from Jefferson? "I cannot live without books." That's how I feel about it.
I do not know you as anything but "Bobby" from my daughter's (and now mine) favourite show "Supernatural" and I must say I enjoy your character there immensely! I look forward to observing you from this view and a more realistic one? Cheers
Marie :)
Hey Jim thank you for adding me. It was great to meet you on Saturday. I don't think that anyone has made me blush that much in years. I hope that you have gotten some sleep since then.Dina aka brokensouls
Thank you for adding me to your friends list!I see you have a great collection of books. Very impressive! Have fun reading much more!
Natascha
Mr. Beaver,Thank you for adding me as a "friend." You have an very interesting collection of books here, and I will no doubt read some of them.
I have read an excerpt from your book and can say that I am very intrigued by it. It looks like you wrote it well.
Cheers and Regards,
Grace
-Ashlee