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I can't recall the details, but at the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, there's some blurb on the wall about him (the inspiration behind Moby Dick).
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In middle scool, we were required to read Boethius' De consolatione philosophiae in the original latin. Intellectually stimulating to say the least. Really can't beat the Latin classics.
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believe it or not, "the color purple".
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back in the eighties there was a shop in elmsford new york called exotic motorcar, owned by a fellow named jeremiah who had been one of the guys that got piggy's glasses in the sixties film version of lord of the flies.
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My new sig says it all
 In all seriousness, one book that influenced me profoundly was "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." Nobody forced me to read it, but I did, and went back many, many times. It seems unfair to single out just one book, but I guess that's the one I would go with in a pinch, at least today.
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We will stay the course. [8/30/06] We will stay the course, we will complete the job in Iraq. [8/4/05] We will stay the course *** We’re just going to stay the course. [12/15/03] And my message today to those in Iraq is: We’ll stay the course. [4/13/04] And that’s why we’re going to stay the course in Iraq. [4/16/04] And so we’ve got tough action in Iraq. But we will stay the course. [4/5/04] Well, hey, listen, we’ve never been “stay the course” [10/21/06] --- George W. Bush, President of the United States of America |
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Nobody ever made me read anything, but for reals.....
"The Teachings of Don Juan, A Yaqui way of knowledge"
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"Animal Farm" and "Lord of the Flies". They are both more relevent today than when I first read them.
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The last two books I read were probably books that I was assigned, and that perhaps I did a book report on.......but never read. They're actaully very good.
The Call of the Wild - Jack London The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne I recommend them both strongly.
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I can't believe The Count of Monte Cristo hasn't received any votes.
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and a second one, "The Social Construction of Reality"
Nothing else satisfies like some reading that leads you to question if reality is intrinsic or extrinsic.
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