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Rough Notes

by Bruce Thomas

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My Mama, Cass: A Memoir

by Owen Elliot-Kugell

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The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.

by Peter Ames Carlin (Goodreads Author)

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“In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics’. All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.”
― George Orwell, Why I Write

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“When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. The public library is a great equalizer.”
― Keith Richards

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“Men of power have not time to read, yet men who do not read are not fit for power. ”
― Michael Foot

tags: power, reading

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“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
― George Orwell

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“What ho!" I said.
"What ho!" said Motty.
"What ho! What ho!"
"What ho! What ho! What ho!"
After that it seemed rather difficult to go on with the conversation.”
― Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves

tags: conversation, humor, humour

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