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Tahir Shah

"One senses that, in these conditions, no amount of wet-wiping could bring true hygiene."

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"One senses that, in these conditions, no amount of wet-wiping could bring true hygiene."

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Akiroq Brost

"One senses that, in these conditions, no amount of wet-wiping could bring true hygiene."

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Akiroq Brost

"Blessed are those who eat greens, for they shall keep their teeth. Blessed are those who wash their hands after wiping their arses, for they shall not sicken. Blessed are those who boil water, for they shall be called saviors of mankind."

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Akiroq Brost

"It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state."

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Akiroq Brost

"I'm a hygiene freak. I'm like obsessive-compulsive when it comes to washing your hands."

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Akiroq Brost

"The importance of healthy habits and hygiene for making a positive first impression should go without saying; however, I would be remiss if I did not include this topic in the book, because surprisingly, many people just don't get it."

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"I do a lot of vocal hygiene."

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Tahir Shah
"Settling into a new country is like getting used to a new pair of shoes. At first they pinch a little, but you like the way they look, so you carry on. The longer you have them, the more comfortable they become. Until one day without realizing it you reach a glorious plateau. Wearing those shoes is like wearing no shoes at all. The more scuffed they get, the more you love them and the more you can't imagine life without them."

Adaptation

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Tahir Shah
"The situation was different in the jungle. Every inch of ground had to be earned, and was done so through much exertion with the blade."

Survival

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Tahir Shah
"There's nothing quite like a good quest for getting your blood pumping."

Adventure

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Tahir Shah
"Move to a new country and you quickly see that visiting a place as a tourist, and actually moving there for good, are two very different things."

Culture

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Tahir Shah
"Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones."

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Tahir Shah
"In moments of great uncertainty on my travels, I have always felt that something is protecting me, that I will come to no harm."

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Tahir Shah
"My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments of truth and fantasy. He didn't need to -- because, given the right conditions, the stories activated, sowing themselves."

Storytelling

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Tahir Shah
"My father looked on in disbelief, overwhelmed that his son had been taught to eat glass and relish it."

Survival

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Tahir Shah
"It is almost impossible to overemphasize the importance with which ancestry is held in the Middle East and North Africa."

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Tahir Shah
"Stories are a communal currency of humanity."

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