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“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.”
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“The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?”
(A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
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(A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
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“People of various parts of France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Poland, the USSR, and other places, were living among the ruins in the best way that they could. Because I was alone and homeless as well as confused, I opted to join the French Foreign Legion. When I was in the Wehrmacht, I thought that their discipline was extreme. However, it was nothing when compared to the discipline as practised by the Foreign Legion!”
(A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
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(A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
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“Aaron anticipated the application of some kind of healing balm, but to his surprise the healer started singing a soft melodic tune. The breath from the notes fell on Aaron’s injured arm and he felt the hairs on his forearm react to the soft breath. It was only moments before the song drifted away on the wind and Wonataban’s instruction followed the last note: “Open your eyes.”
― The Empress:
― The Empress:
“In your heart, you will always be African, but in America you are a Black American. It is possible and desirable to be both.”
― America's Daughter
― America's Daughter
“Wigmore turned towards the window. A column of armoured vehicles was making its way down the Mall towards Buckingham Palace. As he watched, he cursed himself for not remaining at the hotel. He looked at Merlin. ‘Very well. Go ahead with your bloody questions.”
― Death of an Officer
― Death of an Officer
“Discovering dance and its power to heal my soul played a key role in my survival.”
― America's Daughter
― America's Daughter
“To them I was first a Black, then a Black from another country, and then a person.”
― America's Daughter
― America's Daughter
“In their hearts, they know that we are all created equal in the eyes of God and the universe. Whoever thinks otherwise will never be happy.”
― America's Daughter
― America's Daughter
“What was wrong with these American students? Didn’t they know I was the teacher and they had to do as I said? I learned quickly that my authority meant little, if anything, to them. I was not the all-powerful and feared mwalimu (teacher) of Africa.”
― America's Daughter
― America's Daughter
“In plain words, you’ve got to make up your mind to study whatever you undertake, and concentrate your mind on it, and really work at it. This isn’t wisdom. Any damned fool in the world knows it’s true, whether it’s a question of raising horses or writing plays. You simply have to face the prospect of starting at the bottom and spending years learning how to do it.”
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“But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies. Hope springs up, and cheerfulness along with it, and then he is in good shape to do something for himself, if anything can be done.”
― A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
― A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
“Life is messy. Grit and grace come at us fast, side by side. Sometimes the grit becomes overwhelming and diminishes our spirit. What’s good seems lost and gone forever. This is a story about the pathway back to what’s beautiful, when the way back seems impossible.”
― Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
― Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
“You think intelligence and grit can succeed by themselves, but I'm telling you that's a pretty illusion.”
― Steal Across the Sky
― Steal Across the Sky
“When our commitment is wavering, the best way to stay on track is to consider the progress we've already made. As we recognize what we've invested and attained, it seems like a waste to give up, and our confidence and commitment surge.”
― Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
― Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
“… One thing was clear – the trek would be a terrible test of endurance before it was over. There was always another thought too – the Japs. Were they giving chase? Nobody knew and few now cared … Captain Gribble”
― EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORIES OF SURVIVAL IN BURMA WW2: tens of thousands fled to India from the Japanese Invasion in 1942
― EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORIES OF SURVIVAL IN BURMA WW2: tens of thousands fled to India from the Japanese Invasion in 1942
“There's a simple, but oft-neglected lesson here: to sustain success, you have to be willing to abandon things that are no longer successful.”
― What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation
― What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation
“But those who believe that flowers grow in vases don't understand anything about literature. The library has now become her first-aid kit, and she's going to give the children a little of the medicine that helped her recover her smile when she thought she'd lost it forever.”
― La bibliotecaria de Auschwitz
― La bibliotecaria de Auschwitz
“The system is tilted. You can cry about it—or learn to tilt it back in your favor.”
― Money's Dirty Little Secrets: How to Break the Rules, Get Filthy Rich, and Laugh All the Way to the Bank
― Money's Dirty Little Secrets: How to Break the Rules, Get Filthy Rich, and Laugh All the Way to the Bank
“Once I commit to something and I have a full hearted desire to see it work, I can’t imagine what it would take to make me quit.”
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“You carry a seed that can help you succeed, but you will never know its might until you plant it and nurture it with grit.”
― The Kind of Substance You Need For Your Success
― The Kind of Substance You Need For Your Success
“Success isn’t complicated. It’s just not convenient.”
― Money's Dirty Little Secrets: How to Break the Rules, Get Filthy Rich, and Laugh All the Way to the Bank
― Money's Dirty Little Secrets: How to Break the Rules, Get Filthy Rich, and Laugh All the Way to the Bank
“Willie never argued to win—he wasn’t built that way. But when he did come at you, it was deliberate. Like a man who’d been sitting quiet too long, sharpening his truth on a whetstone made of your own blind spots.”
― The Mostly True Tale of Getting Roofied in Tokyo and Waking Up Married in Rural Thailand
― The Mostly True Tale of Getting Roofied in Tokyo and Waking Up Married in Rural Thailand
“There’s something about a cold morning — the way it bites into you, sharp and uninvited, like a stray dog testing your resolve.”
― SaddleSore: From England to India
― SaddleSore: From England to India
“It’s like one of the greatest questions in the universe, right? What came first—the booze or the blues? Hell if I know.”
― A Guitar Named Swampy: A Novel
― A Guitar Named Swampy: A Novel
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