• Greenlights - Matthew McConaughey

    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to All on Wed Sep 15 02:45:00 2021
    Hello All!

    Generally, I'm not particularily drawn to memoirs/biographies/
    autobiographies of other people, particularly of actors, but
    this one by Matthew McConaughey is rather interesting in style,
    presentation and ultimately its content.

    https://susepaste.org/97977069

    It reads like genuine conversion. It has some colour photos
    from his life and family. It's filled with replicas of notes,
    musings, poems and thoughts from various points in his life
    from the personal diaries he kept.

    This one has a unique vibe that primarily is due in part that
    it emotes a seemingly natural philosophical personality.

    McConaughey, the philosopher. Who would have thought?

    He writes about his book:

    "Hopefully, it's medicine that tastes good, a couple of aspirin
    instead of the infirmary, a spaceship to Mars without needing
    your pilot's license, going to church without having to be born
    again, and laughing through the tears.

    "It's a love letter. To life.

    "It's also a guide to catching more greenlights-and to
    realizing that the yellows and reds eventually turn green too.

    "Good luck.
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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:135/392 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Sat Sep 18 08:12:24 2021
    Aug wrote --

    Generally, I'm not particularily drawn to memoirs/biographies/ autobiographies of other people, particularly of actors

    I'm the opposite. I have no desire for novels or fiction in general. I
    do read a few fiction books though, such as Mark Twain stories. But even
    those have some real life basis.
    I read to be entertained as well as learn something new.
    I enjoy reading .pdf's of out-of-print books and have many on CDs and
    read on a tablet. Not the same as holding a real book in my hands, turning the page, etc. But this is the only way for many books I read. I get most of
    them from http://www.archive.org
    I am particularly taken with history.
    Joe
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