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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of the best books I've read in awhile!  I was sad when I finished reading it.  It leaves you with that feel good feeling and the notion that you can achieve anything you put your mind to with a little hard work and determination!<br/><br/>** I saw the movie after I read the book.  I l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2437292">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Baru nonton filmnya, belum pernah baca bukunya.<br/>suka banget sama dialog ini:<br/><br/>Christopher Gardner: Hey. Don't ever let somebody tell you... You can't do something. Not even me. All right?<br/>Christopher: All right.<br/>Christopher Gardner: You got a dream... You gotta protect it. P...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24314966">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this movie and so I checked out the book.  The first half tells of his life growing up.  It was not a happy life.  Some of the scenes are quite graphic and there is lots of foul language.  I hoped part two would be less so, but it was even worse.  Really, it should be the pursuit of a carn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16925933">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[After enjoying the incredible movie based on this book, I was expecting great things. Alas, I was disappointed. Not by the story itself, but by the ridiculous usage of the f-word. It was over the top and took away from the story. The story itself was inspiring. It was interesting to read the book af...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13688315">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I saw the movie version of this book so it piqued my curiosity. Long before I had finished the book I was pretty done with the author. Obviously he's a very remarkable man. Having grown up in an abusive home, with little hope of a better life. With each opportunity that became available to him, he g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71865515">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was uneasy going into this book. The movie made Gardner to be an American hero, moving up from homelessness into riches. The full story as Gardner tells it is much more grim. I won’t itemize Gardner’s list of crimes, but it’s enough to say, I think, that the movie omits or glosses over most ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64847798">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Watch the movie, it is a lot more inspirational than the book. The language is crass and offensive in the book and the author is conceited.]]></body>
    
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