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Dean King
“Riley had no doubt that an "immediate and merciful act of the Almighty" had saved them from the surf at Bojador. According to him, all of his men believed this too. Later, when a friend advised him to play down this conviction, because skeptics would use it to discredit the rest of his account of the voyage, Riley refused.”
Dean King, Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival

“You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.”
Olin Miller

Groucho Marx
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
Groucho Marx

Edmund Hillary
“You don't have to be a hero to accomplish great things---to compete. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.”
Edmund Hillary, High Adventure: The True Story Of The First Ascent Of Everest

Walter Mosley
“A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.”
Walter Mosley, The Long Fall

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