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‘Honesty leaves when lust arrives,’
Given the context it was written, it sure seems right.
“If you're too weak to handle failure and disappointment, then you're too weak to handle success, which will only end up damaging your life and happiness.”
― I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons
― I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons
“Sometimes you have to step outside of yourself in order to see inside.”
― The Interruption of Everything
― The Interruption of Everything
“Your life today is the sum total of your choices. So if you're not happy with it, look back at your choices and start making different ones. Even if you are struck by lighting and injured, you made choices that led you to that spot at a particular time - and you get to choose how you feel about it afterward.”
― I Can't Make This Up
― I Can't Make This Up
“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
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