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Gregory’s 2020 Year in Books
Take a look at Gregory’s Year in Books. The long, the short—it’s all here.
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Gregory S. Williams
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“A history professor once told me that there are two ways we learn: you can put your hand on the hot stove, or you can hear tales of people who already did that and how it turned out for them.”
“While much of what follows is rather dark, looking at history has a way of putting our circumstances in better perspective. Hearing about what, for example, people dealt with as their cities were carpet-bo Read more of this blog post »
“While much of what follows is rather dark, looking at history has a way of putting our circumstances in better perspective. Hearing about what, for example, people dealt with as their cities were carpet-bo Read more of this blog post »
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Fatal Indemnity
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2012
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Dirt and Ink: A Runner's Journey
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2015
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Dominic Graves
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2012
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Lucky
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2020
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Fajitas From Heaven
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2015
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JKW: The First 80 Years
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"“'I’m getting the Nobel Peace Prize.' 'That’s wonderful, honey,' she said, then rolled over to get a little more shut-eye."
All the stars! President Obama can friggin' write. And write he does. The policy, the personal, the detail (ay! the detail!) Th" Read more of this review » |
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Cheryl Gatling's review
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Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong: The Life and Music of Randy Newman:
"My husband, who has very eclectic musical tastes, has a number of classic Randy Newman songs on his “Favorites” playlist. I listened to these as a matter of course, usually while we were driving around in the car. Then one day I felt a swell of love "
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Gregory Williams
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Paul Bryant's review
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Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong: The Life and Music of Randy Newman:
"I don’t play for fun much. I don’t like to hear myself that much. I guess that makes it easy for people to say “We don’t either!”
* There were three things wrong with this damn book : 1) I think they think they’re being funny and smart when they write t" Read more of this review » |
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“On the other side of a storm is the strength that comes from having navigated through it. Raise your sail and begin.”
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“Think for yourself. Ignore the noises around you that polarize and try to promote fear and division. You know better. Be better. Breathe.”
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“There is an elegance in bravely facing the challenges that life offers head on. Seeing the onslaught of arrows and storms, but still pushing forward, the wind and rain pelting against your face, fear and doubt seeping in your heart but leaning into it anyway. Feeling fearful but determined to take another courageous step forward into the unknown.”
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“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
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“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.”
― Foucault's Pendulum
― Foucault's Pendulum
“Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must move faster than the lion or it will not survive. Every morning a lion wakes up and it knows it must move faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't matter if you are the lion or the gazelle, when the sun comes up, you better be moving.”
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