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“People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their own experience.”
― There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra
― There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra
“Secrets are like pregnancies hereabouts. You can hide them for a while but then they will start screaming.”
― Harvest
― Harvest
“If you love what you do and are willing to do what it takes, it's within your reach. And it'll be worth every minute you spend alone at night, thinking and thinking about what it is you want to design or build. It'll be worth it, I promise.”
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“There are no totally generous acts. All "acts" have an element of calculation. One black ox slaughtered on Christmas does not wipe out a year of careful manipulation of gifts given to serve your own ends. After all, to kill an animal and share the meat with people is really no more than Ju/'hoansi do for each other every day and with far less fan fare.”
― The Dobe Ju/'Hoansi
― The Dobe Ju/'Hoansi
“It is better to grope in the dark and wade through a million errors to reach the Truth than to entrust oneself to someone who knows not that he knows not. Has a man ever learnt swimming by tying a stone to his neck? So let me go my own way even if it is the wrong one.”
― The Seeker
― The Seeker
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