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“Gentlemen, enlisted men may be entitled to morale problems, but officers are not. I expect all officers to take care of their own morale. No one is taking care of my morale. - General George C. Marshall”
― Truman
― Truman
“You don't want to be content with yourself. People who are, are insufferable, the walking dead. But you don't want to be entirely driven, either, because then you just skate over the world and never touch it.”
― In Sunlight and in Shadow
― In Sunlight and in Shadow
“No bird soars in a calm. WILBUR WRIGHT”
― The Wright Brothers
― The Wright Brothers
“It's hard to convince people when you're just staring out the window that you're doing your hardest work of the day.”
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“Only so much can be learned from books. The rest must be learned from practice. It's as if one were instructed in the fundamentals of carpentry and let it go at that. He may know "how" to build, but he won't be any good at it unless he does build, again and again, to achieve the type of perfection that comes only from continual performance.”
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This is the "official" book club for members of the Ricochet.com community. While politics is our forte we read everything across a wide spectrum of g ...more
Jim’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jim’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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