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Me it was "My Side of the Mountain" and a set of old encyclopedias that a neighbor gave me.
Read My Side probably a half dozen times and lit a fire for the outdoors I still have,
The encyclopedias sparked an interest in knowledge that lead to a career in high tech. Used to just open a random page on a volume and start reading. So much so that a friend's father called me "and encyclopedia of useless knowledge".
Carpe' Scrotum
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I'm sure I am influenced by many, no one stands out.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Aesop's Fables. I give that book to every child in my life.
- Rogue
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"Stormy" by Jim Kjelgaard and "Where the Red Fern Grows".
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"Fun With Dick and Jane." After I read it, I was no longer illiterate.
A wise man is frequently humbled.
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My side of the mountain, for sure. What a great book I had forgotten about!
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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"Fun With Dick and Jane." After I read it, I was no longer illiterate. Loved to read. Still do. Learned to read from my mom before I was in kindergarten. Read Dr Seuss too. Curious George and his adventures with the man with the yellow hat. Clifford the Big Red Dog. Parents had the complete collection of "The Bible Story" by Arthur S Maxwell. Read them cover to cover.
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."
2 Thessalonians 3:10
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https://www.google.com/search?q=the+tall+book+of+make+believeEven the Chinese counterfeit copies sell for $60. I could copy my book and sell it as a forgery. 66 years later... When I make up stories, my grand daughter accuses me of plagiarizing Grimm's fairy tales, which is a compilation of old German folk tales.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
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Campfire Ranger
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I also dreamed of one day having my own My Side of the Mountain.
Loved that book as a boy.
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"Fun With Dick and Jane." After I read it, I was no longer illiterate. This ^^^^ When I was a very young kid, part of summer Sunday routine was sitting on my grandfather's lap in an Adirondack chair, out under the grape arbor while he smoked his pipe (Prince Albert, in a can) and read the Sunday funny papers to me. I used to be I was fascinated by the fact that those letters were words (if you could read) and I was frustrated by the fact that I couldn't read. When I got to 1st grade, the first thing Mrs. Anderson taught us was how to read. When she taught us that each letter had its own sound and you put them together to form words it was like the sky opened up. It was so simple! Here it was, the solution to one of my biggest, most frustrating puzzles. After that, I just couldn't stop reading.
Mathew 22: 37-39
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I also dreamed of one day having my own My Side of the Mountain.
Loved that book as a boy. Got a tiny slice of a side of a mountain. Just need a falcon and a weasel.
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Hustler i found in the woods. i was like "WTF is that??"
My diploma is a DD214
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Chase Olson brought a Playboy to school when we were in the 3rd grade.
I am MAGA.
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Campfire Oracle
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Tom Sawyer
The Yearling
Last of the Mohicans
Old Yeller
Ben Lilly
Kit Carson
Ecc 10:2
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
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One that stands out in my mind was Johnny Tremain.
4 out of 5 Great Lakes prefer Michigan. 
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Blaze and the Indian Cave by C.W. Anderson. Amazing illustration done in pencil.
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The First book to change me was probably written by Louis Lamour and involved a Sackett. I started reading his books at age 7. My favorite remains The Walking Drum.
Next most influential was Robert Heinlein's Starship Trooper which began my love for science fiction.
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell
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The Deep Blue Goodbye by John McDonald
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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