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Like when their brother dies and their eyes stay dry, but then the old dog dies and they cry and howl and rage at the sky and rock its body in their arms, and everyone knows it is really their brother they are cradling.
“Only the mountain has lived long enough to listen objectively to the howl of the wolf.”
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“I've always thought of myself as an 80 percenter. I like to throw myself passionately into a sport or activity until I reach about an 80 percent proficiency level. To go beyond that requires an obsession that doesn't appeal to me. Once I reach 80 percent level I like to go off and do something totally different; that probably explains the diversity of the Patagonia product like - and why our versatile, multifaceted clothes are the most successful.”
― Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
― Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
“If you focus on the process of climbing, you’ll end up on the summit.”
― Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
― Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.”
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“In anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness. Studying”
― Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual
― Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual
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