“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
“We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“We hide our pain to keep us from getting hurt again. In the process we hurt people who never aimed to hurt us.”
― Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman
― Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman
“We live in a generation that applauds the bad more than it commends the good.”
― Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman
― Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman
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