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Good back story and short stories from the universe that brought us The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings. This collection is even more of a challenge to read than LoTR, I often found myself recounting the common label, the Elvish label, and the Ainur
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“Never give up. Never surrender. Always go for the win.”
― The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future
― The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future
“Never give up, never surrender, and always go for the win.”
― The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future
― The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future
“Rank is a funny concept in the Teams. It’s not disrespected exactly, but it’s clearly not the full measure of the man.”
― American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
― American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
“It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous -- even death is terrible only if we fear it.”
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“we know a good thing has become a counterfeit god when its demands on you exceed proper boundaries. Making an idol out of work may mean that you work until you ruin your health, or you break the laws in order to get ahead. Making an idol out of love may mean allowing the lover to exploit and abuse you, or it may cause terrible blindness to the pathologies in the relationship. An idolatrous attachment can lead you to break any promise, rationalize any indiscretion, or betray any other allegiance, in order to hold on to it. It may drive you to violate all good and proper boundaries. To practice idolatry is to be a slave.”
― Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
― Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
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