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A Little Book of Revolutionary Quotes: God, Guns, & Government (Volume 1)

The Founding Generation changed the course of history not only for the thirteen American colonies but for the rest of the world. Americans who lived through the dangerous and unstable period of the American Revolution and the Early Republic were far from perfect but they were the perfect set of people to form a new nation founded on the principles of Liberty. Their words offer us insight to their perilous times and wisdom to live through our own period of terror. Thoroughly researched with mini biographies and an extensive bibliography for further pondering, A Little Book of Revolutionary Quotes: God, Guns, & Government is first in a series of books exploring the ideas of America’s Founding Generation.

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Breaking Bad – Say My Name – Badass Quotes

“Well, it’s just basic chemistry, yo.”

With a precise mix of epic stills from all five seasons of Breaking Bad and a slew of the most memorable lines from the series, you’ll be flying high with Breaking Bad – Say My Name – Badass Quotes. Celebrate one of television’s most popular shows with 64 pages of color photographs and quotes from the show. Ordered by season and episode, the spreads are punctuated with character profiles of Walter White, Jesse Pinkman, Saul Goodman, Gustavo Fring and more. Using some of the most famous and popular scenes, you’ll dive right into Heisenberg’s world, and relish some of your favorite parts of the series.

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Mahatma Gandhi: Quotes & Facts

This book is an anthology of 225 quotes from Mahatma Gandhi and 51 selected by Blago Kirov facts about Mahatma Gandhi. Leo Tolstoy’s last letter was to Mahatma Gandhi. “Oh God” are widely believed to be Gandhi’s last words after he was shot. Mahatma Gandhi was imprisoned by the British 4 times as a political prisoner. After Gandhi’s death India went into mourning for 13 days. Mahatma Gandhi saw himself a disciple of Leo Tolstoy, for they agreed regarding opposition to state authority and colonialism; both hated violence and preached non-resistance. Mahatma Gandhi called his autobiography The Story of My Experiments with Truth. Mahatma Gandhi was a strict vegetarian. “My Life is My Message.” “The Path is the Goal.” “I must follow my people, for I am their leader.” “Whenever you are confronted with an opponent conquer him with love.” “There are Seven Deadly Social Sins: politics without principle; wealth without work; commerce without morality; pleasure without conscience; education without character; science without humility; worship without sacrifice.” “You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.” “You yourself as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve love and affection.” “A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.” “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”

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Nelson Mandela: Quotes & Facts

This book is an anthology of 141 quotes from Nelson Mandela and 88 selected facts about Nelson Mandela.   Nelson Mandela was a Christian. The Mandela clan came from royalty.  His great-grandfather was ruler of the Thembu people in South Africa’s modern Eastern Cape Province. Mandela’s father had four wives. Mandela is the youngest of all of the sons that his father had; he is the only one surviving. Nelson Mandela once worked as a guard at a mine. Nelson Mandela allowed his chef to publish a cookbook of his favorite meals: farm chicken, tripe and sour milk are some of his favorite things to eat. After he was separated from his second wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Nelson Mandela asked struggle stalwart Amina Cachalia, with whom he had a long relationship, to marry him but she turned him down. Nelson Mandela was married 3 times and had 6 children. Nelson Mandela had 17 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. When Nelson Mandela was first elected president of South Africa, a local newspaper ran a quote of his in front-page bold type: “I’M NOT MESSIAH.” Nelson Mandela was the first black president of the Republic of South Africa (1994 – 1999).   “I am the master of my fate and the captain of my destiny.” “A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.” “As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.” “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.” “A freedom fighter learns the hard way that it is the oppressor, who defines the nature of the struggle, and the oppressed is often left no recourse but to use methods that mirror those of the oppressor. At a point, one can only fight fire with fire” “A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.” “A leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.” “A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it’s lowest ones” “After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”

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Socrates: Quotes & Facts

This book is an anthology of 145 quotes from Socrates and 51 selected by Blago Kirov facts about Socrates. Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle are the main sources for the historical Socrates. Socrates’ father was Sophroniscus, a sculptor, and his mother Phaenarete, a midwife. His wife, Xanthippe, bore for him three sons, Lamprocles, Sophroniscus and Menexenus. His friend Crito of Alopece criticized him for abandoning his sons when he refused to try to escape before his execution. Some sources say that Xanthippe, his wife, might have been as much as forty years younger than Socrates. Socrates claims to have been deeply influenced by two women besides his mother: he says that Diotima, a witch and priestess from Mantinea, taught him all he knows about Eros, or love; and that Aspasia, the mistress of Pericles, taught him the art of rhetoric. Socrates is known to have been fairly short and generally unattractive. Socrates initially earned his living as a master stonecutter. He took over the profession of stonemasonry from his father who cut stone for the Parthenon. Shortly before his death, Socrates speaks his last words to Crito: “Crito, we owe a rooster to Asclepius. Please, don’t forget to pay the debt.” “I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.” “My advice to you is getting married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” “Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.” “One should eat to live; not live to eat.” “To be is to do.” “Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.” “The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, me to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better? Only God knows.” “All I know is that I know nothing.” “Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.”

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Ronald Reagan: Quotes & Facts

This book is an anthology of 160 quotes from Ronald Reagan and 110 selected by Blago Kirov facts about Ronald Reagan. It grants his reflections on subjects ranging Cold War and Government to Freedom and Bible; in addition, the book shows the personality of Ronald Reagan into more human light:   Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois, in an apartment, on the second floor of a commercial building. Reagan began wearing glasses around the time he entered high school. As a teen, Reagan worked as a lifeguard at Rock River near Dixon and was credited with saving 77 struggling swimmers. Ronald Reagan was a very liberal member of the Democratic Party, but converted to the Republican Party in 1962. Reagan’s favorite film was High Noon (1952). Ronald Reagan was a Boy Scout. Ronald Reagan was first and only divorced US President (from Jane Wyman in 1948). Reagan was awarded the United States Congressional Gold Medal for ending the “Cold War” against Russia.   “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this Wall!” “We are a Nation under God. If we ever forget this, we are a nation gone UNDER” “Here’s my strategy on the Cold War: we win, they lose.” “Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, and leave the rest to God.” “America is too great for small dreams.” “Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem.” “Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.” “Life is one grand sweet song so start the music.”

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Winning Words: Classic Quotes from the World of Sports

Arranged in categories from Ability to Zen, this book collects the most inspirational quotes from the world of sports, quotes that can be applied to everyday life as much as they can be applied to athletic pursuits. From golfer Babe Zaharias’s bold challenge to her competition-“The Babe is here. Who wants to come in second?”-to the classic motivational pronouncements of Vince Lombardi, Winning Words can be a quick reference for a leader in need of inspiration or a meditation for a competitor facing a daunting challenge. Interspersed with sidebar profiles of some of the most legendary figures in sports, nearly 1,000 quotes comprise this stirring collection of wisdom from the annals of sports.

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Flash Wisdom: A Curated Collection of Mind-Blowing, Perspective-Changing Quotes

The right quotation can change your life. That compressed idea–expressed in just a few words, a sentence or two–can shift your thinking, trigger an epiphany, alter your way of seeing the world. The wisest, most experienced, and most thoughtful people in history have left us these little thought-bombs. And this book collects them: surprising, jolting, discomforting, and comforting insights into living a full, unbridled life, questioning authority and reality, relating to fellow humans, creating, risking, loving, living with uncertainty, and staying sane in an insane world.

Poets, philosophers, scientists, musicians, artists, presidents, mystics, activists, academics, and others rub shoulders, giving us the benefit of their hard-earned wisdom, breakthroughs, breakdowns, bad choices, sudden illuminations, and lightning wit. Sharing some of life’s most important lessons are William Blake and Bruce Lee, Abraham Lincoln and Lorrie Moore, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Terence McKenna, René Magritte and St. Teresa of Avila, Zelda Fitzgerald and James Baldwin, and hundreds more.

Neatly arranged into topics we wonder about, Flash Wisdom’s rousing insights and challenging thoughts will appeal to anyone who is searching, anyone who doesn’t fit in, anyone who questions the way things are…which is to say, all of us.

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Fake Quotes To Live By

Some of the funniest fake quotes by the famous and infamous. The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, homophones, double entendre, parody, mockery, and the absurd to ridicule or to expose and criticize stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary or historical politics and other topical issues such as language and other fads as a form of social critique and commentary. A literate x-ray into the truth as someone might quote it.