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I was 18 when i first read this and my younger brother john had just died a short three weeks after being diagnosed with acute leukemia. For me then he had it right. And this fictional encounter had more influence on my life than all the condolences and families of port in the world. I loved reading it and i quickly found myself a king for help in everything i read. I like ron scanned Anna Karenina for his devil may care attitude towards paying bills. He throws them all in a drawer and he sits down to pay them three times a year. I learned that the Telephone Company did not appreciate his point of view. Still, with or without the bill paid brodskys life is more vivid than mine and more vivid than the lives of my friends. And he seemed as real as any character in a biography. And so it was with the book. I fell in love with small boats and sailing through swallows and amazon ....
That she is maybe one of the best political people in washington. Her father was the publisher of Time Magazine in its heyday and ambassador to austria. Henry married louise gruenwald and is one of the last so just when you think you know everybody in new york, you dont she is it. Mandy ran all the media for his Elizabeth Warren and tammy baldwin. The firsttime president ial so you need to understand she is amazing. Incredible, fabulous. Its a nice small room. Hey, undersecretary. Well done. Congratulations. Are you enjoying at . Its fun, yeah. Its hard. Is the work hard . No. I mean technically its okay but everyone is super smart so id have to do my problems and then work on the board. I get it. I get it. At the same time im trying to represent everybodys equity. Actually that was good training. Im just saying thats the best it was so personal and when everyone is a democr ....
Said i think hes telling me to trust myself. Um, and, you know, follow the gleam of light in your own mind from within, etc. , etc. , etc. It seems to me that cuts through a lot of this stuff weve been talking about and hearing about this weekend in the sense that, you know, when all else fails, we can take these writers straight. Its an extreme remedy, but it is possible, yeah. [laughter] they do talk to you. Thank you. One more . [applause] one more. This is the most moving lecture ive heard. For some reason it just pushed the right button. Im one and ive read all the books that you suggested, but i read them as a teenager as you did, certainly am going to go read them again. Do you have any other wonderful suggestions of books we should read . [laughter] well, if you havent read them all again, read my wifes books again, annie dillard. American childhood [applause] [inaudible] nice. Thank you. [applause] visit booktv. Org to watch any of the programs you see here online. Type the au ....