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Too ambitious
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 20/09/2019
» We are told as children that we must have ambition to make something of ourselves. What we aren't told is that it must have its limits. To be sure, most people are too lazy to make the effort needed to fulfil it. They figure that just getting along is enough. Anyway, they tell themselves that the odds are stacked against them. That those who succeeded did so by cheating or were just lucky.
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Flight of fancy
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 22/03/2019
» Intelligence agencies the world over see Russia's cloak-and-dagger operations as the greatest danger. But Russia's chief enemy is the US, to which it causes endless mischief, both directly and indirectly.
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A shrink seductress
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 20/10/2017
» It is said that men are potential rapists and women are potential prostitutes. What is not said is there are more than a few exceptions to this rule. Perhaps more accurately, they mentally undress one another when they meet, or in passing. And who says men have the stronger libidos?
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A woman's world
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 12/05/2017
» The payoff of my having spent years as a backpacker and visiting over 50 countries is that I remember them all, some more vividly than others. That gives me an advantage when reviewing the books and movies set in one or more of them, over those who remained at home. Yes, I know that area. No, it's just a set or a bit of poetic license.
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Against retirement
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 14/03/2016
» There are two conflicting perspectives on retirement: that it gives people the opportunity to do all the things they've long wanted to do, or that it renders them no longer of use, getting up in the morning with nothing to look forward to.
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The root of all evil
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 29/02/2016
» There are three kinds of people; (1) those who are told not to step on the third rail because it will electrocute them, and don't; (2) those who read the warning sign, and don't; (3) those who only believe what they experience themselves, and do.
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A Gothic novel
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 28/07/2014
» It is only right that literary critics are expected to review the lot. Authors write about every subject and we are there to give a thumbs up or down on their efforts. Our object is to advise the public as to what is worth spending their time and money on. However, there are hitches.
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We salute you
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 19/05/2014
» It is a cliché, but nevertheless true, that empires come and go. Some try to recapture their past glory, always without success. During his 22 years in power, Il Duce made it his priority to return Italy to Rome’s greatness of two millennia earlier, but didn’t come close.
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A plausible 'what if?'
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 09/12/2013
» A game played by children as well as adult boffins is "what if?" The possibilities are as wide as the imagination. It's fun thinking about things being different than they are. What if I found a million dollars? What if I found the cure to cancer? What if I could read your mind? What if, tragically, Hitler had won World War II.
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A mixed bag
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 18/11/2013
» If I didn't love books _ I read more than 100 a year _ I wouldn't be a professional reviewer. Over 40 years, 4,000 plus perused. Compared to the 4 million books in the public library perhaps not a drop in the bucket, but a small puddle.
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