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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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“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
“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:
“Next morning, while her children were still asleep in their tent, Evie got up early. The acorn she had planted the day before had sprung to life and was nearly ten feet high. Sitting on the fallen log where the forest boy had sat thirty years earlier, she listened. There was no dancing partner. Maybe she was now too old, but the oak trees did sing for her.”
― 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
“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
“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
“Discipline is not a punishment; it sets you free.
Your daily choices are deposits into the bank of who you will become tomorrow.”
― Defy Average: A HIgh Schooler's Guide to Unlocking Your Best Self
Your daily choices are deposits into the bank of who you will become tomorrow.”
― Defy Average: A HIgh Schooler's Guide to Unlocking Your Best Self
“Backstage wasn’t nostalgia. It was resurrection.”
― Backstage Pass: Decades of Sex, Drugs, Tragedy and the Darker Side of Rock & Roll
― Backstage Pass: Decades of Sex, Drugs, Tragedy and the Darker Side of Rock & Roll
“Some nights on the Strip felt like the universe dared us to survive.”
― Backstage Pass: Decades of Sex, Drugs, Tragedy and the Darker Side of Rock & Roll
― Backstage Pass: Decades of Sex, Drugs, Tragedy and the Darker Side of Rock & Roll
“The Roxy taught me that chaos has a rhythm if you're brave enough to listen.”
― Backstage Pass: Decades of Sex, Drugs, Tragedy and the Darker Side of Rock & Roll
― Backstage Pass: Decades of Sex, Drugs, Tragedy and the Darker Side of Rock & Roll
“Stop paying attention to things that diminish your grit. There are mountains waiting for your undivided attention.”
― Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
― Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
“You can’t half-ass train and then expect to perform like an Olympian when it really matters.”
― Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
― Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
“You either win or you learn. Consider everything a win if the goal is to gain experience and level-up.”
― Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
― Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
“The greatest skill you can develop in your people is their ability to figure it out on their own.”
― Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
― Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
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