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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
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“Because of self-doubt, the fear of failure, or laziness, most people usually bite off way less than they can chew.”
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“He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.”
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“There was madness in any direction, at any hour. If not across the Bay, then up the Golden Gate or down 101 to Los Altos or La Honda. . . . You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. . . .
And that, I think, was the handle—that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn’t need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting — on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. . . .”
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
And that, I think, was the handle—that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn’t need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting — on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. . . .”
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Ants’s 2024 Year in Books
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