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#1 I wanted to title this book I'll Show You, because it represents me, my story, and who I am. It shows both sides of my personality. I'm an introvert, and I didn't understand that for a long time. But it's also how I lead by example.
#2 I was always told about how gifted I was when it came to basketball. I could get places on the court without scoring, and I never...
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#1 While it is clear that democracy does not guarantee that we will always be able to communicate freely, it does guarantee that we will be able to do so. And since we communicate through a variety of media, there are no epistemological guardrails.
#2 Communication is how we create and exchange meaning. It is how we create and exchange meaning that allows democracy to...
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#1 I had spent more than a year reassuring people around the world that Trump couldn't win the presidency. But on a gray Sunday two days before the election, I entered the Berkeley Rep with twenty Stanford students to see the final performance of It Can't Happen Here.
#2 I knew that America was not a perfect democracy, but I did not think that it could possibly elect...
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#1 Around us, we see a level of individual wealth that has never been seen before. Conspicuous consumption of redundant consumer goods has greatly expanded over the past generation.
#2 The symptoms of collective impoverishment are all around us. From the late 19th century until the 1970s, the advanced societies of the West were becoming less unequal. But since then,...
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Book Preview: #1 The failing of an aging parent is one of those old stories that feels shockingly new to the person experiencing it. My father, who was always tough on me as a child, is now frighteningly old and dementia-ridden. He still loves my mother, though.
#2 My father has always wanted to know where I am seeing other people. He is constantly asking me this, and I always tell...
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Get the Summary of Maria Bamford's Sure Ill Join Your Cult in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Sure I'll Join Your Cult" by Maria Bamford is a candid memoir that delves into her personal life, mental health struggles, and family dynamics during the Covid pandemic. Maria and her husband Scott form a whimsical "cult" to cope with the pandemic, prioritizing sleep and humor over structure. Maria openly discusses her...
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#1 We were made to crave and want God, but Satan wants to lure us away from God with something else. He knows where we are weak.
#2 The devil took Jesus to the holy city, Jerusalem, and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. He offered Jesus all the kingdoms of the world if He would bow down to the god of materialism. But Jesus refused, and the devil left him.
#3 The more we are saturated with God's truth, the more we become resistant...
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#1 I was taken back to the first hot day in 1965 when I announced to my family that I had joined the Marine Corps. In 1965, the war in Viet Nam was growing bigger every day. The United States had a military draft and was pulling more and more guys into the Army. I didn't want to go to college, get married, or work. I just wanted to figure out what life had in store for...
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#1 There are some who see this man as a predator. Nothing more. They see him as nothing more than a middle-aged man sitting at a bar having a beer. But there are others who see him as a predator who cannot stop thoughts of killing and rendering women unconscious.
#2 The author was watching the woman, who was dressed in a very provocative manner, and was infatuated with...
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Get the Summary of Stephanie Grisham's I'll Take Your Questions Now in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Stephanie Grisham rose from being a junior press wrangler on the Trump campaign in 2016 to assuming top positions in the administration as White House press secretary and communications director, while at the same time acting as First Lady Melania Trump's communications director and...
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#1 I'm a professor at my old college, and I've published one young adult novel and submitted the outline for a second. I'm verified on Twitter and appropriately pretend like I don't care that I'm verified on Twitter when my students bring it up.
#2 I met friends for drinks now. I didn't have a cohort, and I gave up on looking for one. I imagined that if I were...
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Get the Summary of Michelle McNamara's I'll Be Gone in the Dark in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" is the culmination of Michelle McNamara's life's work of investigating the legend of the Golden State Killer. It's a journal, it's a true crime file, and it’s a tale too gruesome to be true. The man McNamara christens The Golden State Killer raped and/or killed...
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#1 I had a close friend, Dr. William Hitzig, who was a physician at the hospital I was in. He knew of my interest in medical matters, and he was candid with me about my case. He said there was no agreement on a precise diagnosis, but that I was suffering from a serious collagen illness.
#2 I thought about the sequence of events leading up to my illness. I had gone to...
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#1 The arts are not extracurricular. They are a part of life, and if you're lucky enough to get better, you have to deal with people who seem unaware of your heroism.
#2 The reason creativity and craziness go together is because if you're just plain crazy, no one will want to have babies with you. Your genes will fall by the wayside.