Here is an extremely good read and inspirational book I read on Tuesday flights to Portland and back: We Might As Well Win: On the Road to Success with the Mastermind Behind Eight Tour de France Victories by Johan Bruyneel.

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But, when an author who is known for written some of the most inspirational fiction (my favorite book, The Alchemist, is a great example) shares words written by someone else and signs his name at the bottom, you have to wonder if how much benefit of the doubt to extend before the internet gets angry.

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The Foundling Museum in London is my favourite museum and it's been inspirational for me because I've just written a book about a Victorian foundling child called Hetty Feather.

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Even so, I got a book flung at me for talking in class by our inspirational English teacher, an ex-army man.

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