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"However, with a gut full of heroin, it's hard to be an optimist."

"The food we were given was no more than eatable, but the patron was not mean about drink; he allowed us two litres of wine a day each, knowing that if a plongeur is not given two litres he will steal three."

"About a month after she found out about that, I got pregnant for the first time. I knew I didn't want to have a baby at all, and wanted to get an abortion. But the day I found out, I wasn't sure what to do first. I felt alone and lost and needed someone to call who I could tell. I needed help. I wasn't sure if she would talk to me again so soon after what had happened. I decided to take a chance and try calling her. When I told her, she said, 'Well, an abortion is only like $500, so go turn a couple of tricks and get it taken care of,' before she hung up on me. I probably should have called someone else, but I didn't know who else to call."

"There is nothing quite as unpleasant as wearing a pair of briefs which have been trailed through a Calcutta courtyard. Nothing, that is, except having one's elbows and knees lacerated by unseen slivers of glass and discarded razor blades."

"By three in the afternoon, after one Bintang too many, I was absolutely smashed and feared that trying to stand may end badly."

"The hardship of living in a refugee camp made me psychologically strong."

"Not the comfort, but the confrontation and hardship, is the teacher of a great life."
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"It is important that any value you add to yourself should be converted to tangible products that could benefit humanity."

"If you don't believe in virtues and principles, then you are not building your life on anything."

"The truth is that as you are building your small business, still that small business needs to experience some form of increase and growth."

"One of the most important gifts that you can give to yourself is the gift of self-education, that is the best way to grow on constant basis."
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