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David is Currently Reading

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Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

by Joe Posnanski (Goodreads Author)

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Dec 02, 2025 07:46AM

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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

by Jocko Willink (Goodreads Author)

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The Stone Age: A History from Beginning to End (Prehistory)

by Hourly History

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David’s Quotes

“Written words can also sing.”
― Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Dreams in a Time of War

tags: inspirational, writing

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“Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.”
― Rob Reiner

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“There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.”
― Irwin Shaw

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“There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there’s only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there’s no reason why you shouldn’t have a fairly good time.”
― Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome and Other Short Fiction

tags: happiness

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