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The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte

by Robert B. Asprey

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The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America

by Douglas Brinkley

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“You are not your job, you're not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You are not your fucking khakis. You are all singing, all dancing crap of the world.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

tags: identity

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“Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!”
― George Bernard Shaw

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“Every time I've built character, I've regretted it.”
― Bill Watterson, The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes

tags: humor-character

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“The rifle and handgun are 'equalizers' -- the weapons of a democracy. Tanks and bombers represent dictatorship.”
― Edward Abbey

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“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.”
― Edward Abbey

tags: activism, dissent, moral-courage, patriotism, protest

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We seek the Dark Tower, and will travel with Roland throughout the year, reading the Seven as well as Related Holy Texts.