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madaboutharry

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Tue Nov 17, 2020, 04:39 PM Nov 2020

A Promised Land by Barack Obama.

I just started reading this book about 20 minutes ago.

Right away, in Chapter 1, he goes into a detailed description of the beauty of The Rose Garden. The one Melania dug up and paved with concrete.

This is going to be good.

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A Promised Land by Barack Obama. (Original Post) madaboutharry Nov 2020 OP
Came across this wonderful quote- from when he's about to accept the Nobel Prize dawg day Nov 2020 #1

dawg day

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1. Came across this wonderful quote- from when he's about to accept the Nobel Prize
Fri Nov 20, 2020, 09:49 PM
Nov 2020

The idea that I, or any one person, could bring order to such chaos seemed laughable; on some level, the crowds below were cheering illusion. And yet, in the flickering of those candles, I saw something else…

Whatever you do won’t be enough,
I heard their voices say.

Try anyway.

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