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“People love to say, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” What they don’t say is, “And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.” That’s the part of the analogy that’s missing.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“I still find that, in general, having a plan is, well, a good plan. But when my carefully laid plan laughed at me, rather than clutch at it too tightly I just made a new one, even if it was one that didn’t immediately make sense. In blindly trying a different path, I accidentally found one that worked better. So don’t let your plan have the last laugh, but laugh last when your plan laughs, and when your plan has the last laugh, laugh back, laughing!”
― Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between
― Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between
“Being chosen is the greatest gift you can give to another human being.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“There’s more comedy in failure than in success, and it’s a much more universal language.”
― Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls
― Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls
“It’s good to be bored in the car, I always tell him. Spend some time with just yourself and your thoughts and nothing to do. How else will you learn who you are?”
― Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls
― Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls
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