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I wrote in my first book that I was broken, and now it just makes me mad every time. This is why… — Glennon Doyle Melton Copy Share Image
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For anyone who conceives literature in terms of plurality of perspectives, Finnegans Wake has to be the apogee. For, as we are… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
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![“People say, "John, what's your personal growth?" And ask "How do you grow?" And I tell them. I thought, "Why do I keep telling them, why don't I just write a book on what I call personal growth?" And that's what this [Today Matters] book is.” quote by John C. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/b7c/john-c-maxwell-113_asks_people-say-john-what-s-your-personal-gro_1372403.jpg)
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