Sign in with Facebook
“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
“perfectionism is just fear in fancy shoes and a mink coat,”
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
“Argue for your limitations and you get to keep them.”
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
“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
“The name Hitler does not offend a black South African because Hitler is not the worst thing a black South African can imagine. Every country thinks their history is the most important, and that’s especially true in the West. But if black South Africans could go back in time and kill one person, Cecil Rhodes would come up before Hitler. If people in the Congo could go back in time and kill one person, Belgium’s King Leopold would come way before Hitler. If Native Americans could go back in time and kill one person, it would probably be Christopher Columbus or Andrew Jackson. I”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Ford’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ford’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
5,148 books
|
42 friends
117 books
|
42 friends
71 books
|
81 friends
137 books
|
19 friends
1 book
|
8 friends
2 books
|
33 friends
1 book
|
4 friends
32 books
|
83 friends
More friends…
Polls voted on by Ford
Lists liked by Ford
