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“Imagine your worst day, multiply it by a hundred, and pray to your God
that you never experience what some of the people in this war zone go
through, everyday, without any hope of it getting better. Ever. Compared
to these people, every day, no matter how bad, is the best day ever. I
know nothing about pain, nothing about suffering and hopefully never will.”
― Living the Best Day Ever
that you never experience what some of the people in this war zone go
through, everyday, without any hope of it getting better. Ever. Compared
to these people, every day, no matter how bad, is the best day ever. I
know nothing about pain, nothing about suffering and hopefully never will.”
― Living the Best Day Ever

“She knows herself to be at the mercy of events, and she knows by now that events have no mercy.”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin

“Stolen moments鈥� create a feeling of enjoyment in our 鈥渋ntensive time鈥� awareness. The glow and the intensity of those instants can guide us throughout a whole lifetime. They can expose a second or a third dimension of the daily events and shed an expounding light on all the little details we encounter. ("Stolen moments" )”
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“Liberty is only possible on the condition of regularity. We cannot be free and play the game of life without abiding to the rules, but the rules have to be adapted constantly in line with our experiences and the events we encounter. ( 鈥淚f he doesn't play ball 鈥� )”
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“Things just happen, one after another. They don't care who knows. But history... ah, history is different. History has to be observed. Otherwise it's not history. It's just... well, things happening one after another.”
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“Wallace travelled independently and was challenged every step. He had no government or military support system. He had little cash 鈥� he earned enough to survive by sending natural history specimens to his agent in London for sale to collectors and museums. He had visceral moments of excitement when he discovered a beautiful new butterfly or adopted a baby orangutan he had just orphaned by shooting its mother. He lived simply, often in the rainforest on isolated islands, in a manner completely different to the expected behavior of other Western explorers and colonials.”
― "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
― "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion

“Was Ali a poor, illiterate, village boy when he met Wallace, as has generally been believed? Or, did he have an important and interesting backstory?”
― "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
― "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion

“It's all a series of serendipities
with no beginnings and no ends.
Such infinitesimal possibilities
Through which love transcends.”
― The Tao of Physical and Spiritual
with no beginnings and no ends.
Such infinitesimal possibilities
Through which love transcends.”
― The Tao of Physical and Spiritual

“Dates are convenient hooks on which we can hang our memories of events. But history is all about people - people like you and me who did things to change the world.”
― Nightmare
― Nightmare

“Pat and Ian have since been to Kalgoorlie with metal detectors, scouring the red dirt in the hope of locating Lisa鈥檚 remains. If her clothes had something metal attached then the metal detector just might pick that up. Ian would locate something of interest with the detector then Pat would get down on her hands and knees and dig at the dirt, searching for her buried child.”
― Vanished: True Stories from Families of Australian Missing Persons
― Vanished: True Stories from Families of Australian Missing Persons

“People just didn鈥檛 seem interested. Now, with social media, if someone goes missing you hear about it straightaway. I just got to the stage where I was really disillusioned with everything. When they were talking about this new police operation 鈥� why couldn鈥檛 they have done something like this earlier? None of the men who were around then are probably still alive.”
― Vanished: True Stories from Families of Australian Missing Persons
― Vanished: True Stories from Families of Australian Missing Persons

“There is what you intend to happen, and there is what happens. Events slip from the grasp; people, above all, evade. They set out as one thing, and become another.”
― Perfect Happiness
― Perfect Happiness

“Perhaps he is one of those people who are able to go through life step by step, for whom what happens, happens, and that is that. For whom today is uncontaminated by yesterday.”
― Perfect Happiness
― Perfect Happiness
“Networking is more than just exchanging business cards and attending trade shows! It's about building genuine relationships, sharing knowledge, and creating a solid support system.”
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“Knowledge is complicated. There are infinite events that lead to a result event you cannot know.
The addition of information can make you change your mind about something.”
― The Impossible Proof Of Knowing Nothing
The addition of information can make you change your mind about something.”
― The Impossible Proof Of Knowing Nothing
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