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The Books: “The Penguin Book of 20th-Century Speeches”

My history bookshelf. Onward. The second book on this shelf is another favorite of mine called The Penguin Book of 20th-Century Speeches. An awesome resource. It’s not the “greatest” speeches – in that, there is not editorial control saying: “We … Continue reading

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“And What Do You Do, Mr. Gable?”

Howard Hawks and William Faulkner were good friends. They liked to go hunting and fishing together. One day they were planning a hunting trip, leaving from Hawks’ amazing house up in the mountains – and Clark Gable called. Howard Hawks … Continue reading

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“Faith”

William Faulkner: You should approach Joyce’s Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with faith.

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