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    Default Whose biographies have you read?

    Just curious to ask people whose biographies they have read, since I think that the people you choose to read about is a kind of portrait of your likes and dislikes and values.

    Here's a list of 5 biographies I've read, which I admit is kind of eclectic:
    - Teddy Roosevelt
    - Lewis and Clark
    - Darryl Dawkins
    - Brian Wilson (Beach Boys)
    - Mark Bissonette (Seal Team member who shot Bin Laden)

    One other biography I'd like to read, but it hasn't been written yet:
    - Julius Erving
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    Quote Originally Posted by Russ View Post
    Just curious to ask people whose biographies they have read, since I think that the people you choose to read about is a kind of portrait of your likes and dislikes and values.

    Here's a list of 5 biographies I've read, which I admit is kind of eclectic:
    - Teddy Roosevelt
    - Lewis and Clark
    - Darryl Dawkins
    - Brian Wilson (Beach Boys)
    - Mark Bissonette (Seal Team member you shot Bin Laden)

    One other biography I'd like to read, but it hasn't been written yet:
    - Julius Erving
    Teddy Roosevelt-The Bully Pulpit
    Steve Jobs
    Abraham Lincoln-3 or 4
    John Adams
    Richard Nixon
    More, but that seems enough. LOL!


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    Walt Disney
    St. Patrick
    Fredrick Douglas
    Winston Spencer Churchill
    Booker T. Washington
    Samuel Morris (Former slave turned devote inspiring Christian)
    Roger Williams (founder of Rhode Island, promoter of freedom of religion)
    John Perkins ("Confessions of an Economic Hitman" Corporate/CIA economic operative)
    Sibel Edmonds ("Classified Woman" FBI whistle blower)

    Never thought about before but it seems I've watched more Biographies than i've read.
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    Benjamin Franklin
    Virginia Hall
    Erwin Rommel
    John Nash
    Alan Turing
    Percy Fawcett
    Louis Zamperini
    Alexander Hamilton
    John Adams
    Shirley Jackson
    Linda Ronstadt
    William Shakespeare
    Harry Truman

    others...

    Though not a biography in the strictest sense, I just finished Indianapolis The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man. One of the best damn books I've read in a while. Don't let Robert Shaw's monologue in JAWS be all you know about the U.S.S. Indianapolis.
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    Anybody got a Snickers? This is gonna take awhile

    I'll have to come back to this. Some:

    Attila the Hun
    Julius Caesar
    Hannibal
    Saladin
    George S Patton
    Robert E Lee
    Sir Winston Churchill
    Stillwell
    Douglas MacArthur
    Myamoto Musashi
    Gichin Funakoshi
    Shoshin Nagamine
    Washington
    Lincoln
    Jefferson
    Sam Houston
    Stephen Austin
    Davy Crockett
    Daniel Boone
    Kit Carson
    Jim Bridger
    Wyatt Earp
    Cromwell

    More

    Back before cable TV and internet, we always had a library on base where you could get actual books and read them
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    Interesting question, Russ.

    I love Bios and Autobios. I’ve forgotten a lot, but here are some that I can remember:
    David Crosby
    John and Abigail Adams’ letters
    Janis Joplin
    George Washington
    James Taylor
    Ingrid Bergman
    Edna St Vincent Millay
    Tommy James
    After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box - Author unknown

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    Default How many pages would I need?

    Let's say I begin with Abraham Lincoln. There have been many over the years.
    Ronald Reagan
    Tom Clancy
    Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
    FDR
    Eisenhower
    General Patton (My Hero)
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    Jonas Salk
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    And many more Naval hero's.
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    But despite all of that. I will never lower myself to the level of Liars, Haters, Cheats, and Hypocrites.
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    Here's a few more biographies I'd read but forgot to put on my list:

    Willie Mays

    Matthew Henson (first to the North Pole, with Peary)

    Sir Richard Francis Burton (The 19th-century explorer, translator of the Arabian Nights, first non-Arab to journey to Mecca. Not the 20th century actor that married Liz Taylor several times)
    Ecclesiastes 10:2 - A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him to the left.
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    Quote Originally Posted by revelarts View Post
    Walt Disney
    St. Patrick
    Fredrick Douglas
    Winston Spencer Churchill
    Booker T. Washington
    Samuel Morris (Former slave turned devote inspiring Christian)
    Roger Williams (founder of Rhode Island, promoter of freedom of religion)
    John Perkins ("Confessions of an Economic Hitman" Corporate/CIA economic operative)
    Sibel Edmonds ("Classified Woman" FBI whistle blower)

    Never thought about before but it seems I've watched more Biographies than i've read.
    Rev, I'm interested in hearing more about Samuel Morris. Was his biography a good read? I might check it out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Russ View Post
    Rev, I'm interested in hearing more about Samuel Morris. Was his biography a good read? I might check it out.
    Yes, short and very sweet.
    Died a young man, simply & passionate foe God.
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    I feel lame...

    Rocky Bleir!
    “You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimnyc View Post
    I feel lame...

    Rocky Bleir!

    Who?



































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    Hey @Kathianne

    Your other thread, fighting back, was that in reference to my pick above? Just curious if that was you knowing or a massive coincidence!
    “You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimnyc View Post
    Hey @Kathianne

    Your other thread, fighting back, was that in reference to my pick above? Just curious if that was you knowing or a massive coincidence!
    I really didn't recognize Rocky, so no. It has more to do with my tiring of all the 'but he fights' I've heard for years now. In these cases though, the fighting is with thought, not just 'feelings.'


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    Quote Originally Posted by Kathianne View Post
    I really didn't recognize Rocky, so no. It has more to do with my tiring of all the 'but he fights' I've heard for years now. In these cases though, the fighting is with thought, not just 'feelings.'
    Rocky Bleir was a Steelers icon. Then went to Vietnam and had half of his foot blown off. Career over. Nope! "Fighting Back" the book he wrote is his entire story of making it back playing and exceling with the Steelers. How you can play running back with half a foot missing, or a lot of it, is beyond me.
    “You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock

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