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Michael’s favorite books

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace Barrel Fever by David Sedaris How Soccer Explains the World by Franklin Foer Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney The Van by Roddy Doyle The Barrytown Trilogy by Roddy Doyle Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl The Longest Silence by Thomas McGuane Encounters with the Archdruid by John McPhee Cod by Mark Kurlansky Salt by Mark Kurlansky
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Michael’s Quotes

“Qualities too elevated often unfit a man for society. We don't bring ingots with us to market; we take silver or small change.”
― Chamfort
tags: character, quality, society
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“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
― James Waterman Wise
tags: fascism, misattributed-sinclair-lewis
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Warren Zevon
“Enjoy every sandwich”
― Warren Zevon
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John Steinbeck
“In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.”
― John Steinbeck
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Enoch Powell
“History is littered with the wars everybody knew could never happen.”
― Enoch Powell
tags: altercation, conflict, democracy, diplomacy, opinion, police-action, policy, war
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