! A woman rarely reveals everything, Slip!
On May 16, 8:55�am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
> You left out Slip Disc! �{;-]
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> On May 16, 7:31�am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > I am attracted by lust to an author because of his humor or wit or
> > curiousity. Like Philip Roth, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, William Safire.
> > As for self-help books, they are mostly pathetic along with MSM.
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> > On May 16, 7:16 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > Many of the self help books you mention are poorly written or
> > > hopelessly out of date. The effective self help book or group of
> > > tapes will be entertaining as well as informative. Many also have a
> > > religious aspect which offends some people. I enjoyed Zig Ziegler
> > > tapes when I was young but I don't recommend him now as he is
> > > certainly out-of-date and he also has a religious theme. He told
> > > funny, allegorical stories. The basic goal, I think, of most of these
> > > types of books(besides to make the author money) is to give the reader
> > > a way to create order from chaos. And to whenever possible; keep it
> > > simple.
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> > > dj
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> > > On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 5:04 AM, pol.science kid <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
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> > > > you know I agree with you space... i kinda avoid books with an
> > > > ideological or philosophical bent(except for my academic books of
> > > > course).... i get angry reading them.. if i disagree with the point of
> > > > view.. and end up irritable....that is why i prefer
> > > > stories...novels..literary pieces... plus i absolutely hate the self
> > > > help buks like 'think positive' 'you can win' '10 steps to
> > > > happiness'... they seem so shallow... its like they try to apply a
> > > > formula to life.. narrow it down.. how can you give steps to
> > > > happinesss... ridiculous....
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> > > > On May 15, 9:59 pm, e_space <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >> id recommend Damien by Herman Hesse (or any of his books), but that
> > > >> was the last book of any signifigance that i read and that was about
> > > >> 35 years ago...Hesse is sorta good because he intertwines his
> > > >> philosophy into a neat novel form...it isnt clinical...
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> > > >> why did i stop reading? while making my way through Damien i noticed
> > > >> that the way the kid thought (it was actually Hesse doing the
> > > >> thinking) was very similar to the philosophy that i was developing
> > > >> myself. scared that i would derail my own natural growth process, i
> > > >> deemed that i would not read any book that wasnt comprised of mostly
> > > >> large pictures! i have learned a lot since then, but not from reading
> > > >> the words of others...a lot of people disagree with my approach, but
> > > >> thats ok...its my life...right?
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> > > >> On May 15, 11:25 am, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > >> > I'd recommend ' A theory of justice' By John Rawls...
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> > > >> > On May 15, 2:53 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > >> > > Currently reading 'The Voyge of the Beagle'. I'd recomend it.
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> > > >> > > On 14 May, 17:41, e_space <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > >> > > > ill get back to u on that once i have determined what subject u
> > > >> > > > are
> > > >> > > > talking about
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> > > >> > > > On May 13, 8:16 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
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