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John Ervin is now following Françoise Mouly, David Morrell, and Vivian Schilling
Mar 19, 2013 04:24pm
John Ervin rated a book 5 of 5 stars A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part Six: Negaim, Mishnah-Tosefta by Jacob Neusner read in November, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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John Ervin rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Cambridge Companion to Muhammad by Jonathan E. Brockopp read in November, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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John Ervin rated a book 4 of 5 stars Pluto, Animal Lover by Laren Stover (Goodreads Author) read in November, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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John Ervin rated a book 5 of 5 stars Holy Bible: SOLDIER'S BIBLE by Anonymous	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I always carry a Bible with me no matter where I go in the world. Coming from a line of generations (since arriving in the US my family has always served from 1686 to current) who served in the military my family have and has always endured due to th...more
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John Ervin added Dennis Hopper: Abstract Reality by Dennis Hopper	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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John Ervin added Dennis Hopper Out of the Sixties by Dennis Hopper	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Dualism::In Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
I am outside of history. i wish i had some peanuts, it looks hungry there in the cage.
i am outside of history. its hungrier than i thot.”
― Ishmael Reed, New and Collected Poems, 1964-2006

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“Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges”
― Terence

tags: political-science

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“That vice has often proved an emancipator of the mind, is one of the most humiliating, but, at the same time, one of the most unquestionable facts in history.”
― W.E.H. Lecky, The Map of Life, Conduct, and Character

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“Normalization takes place not because there is Western-ideology that normalizes third-world texts in any special way (other than the usual play with exoticism) but because this academic seeks to domesticate everything, even Marx.”
― Aijaz Ahmad

tags: common-sense, political, thoughtful, wisdom

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“The mind becomes accustomed to things by the habitual sight of them, and neither wonders nor inquires about the reasons for things it sees all the time.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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