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He had a way of imposing himself just by standing there. His assertive presence had often irked many of his own colleagues. It was something more than self-confidence but less than pride. He would turn up and stand like a rock with his feet
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“Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation.”
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“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
“I've snapped and plotted all my life. There's no other way to be a king, alive and fifty all at the same time. ”
― The Lion in Winter
― The Lion in Winter
“We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”
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“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
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