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"The only thing they valued higher than ammunition were Man United footballs."
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"Jesus never made miracles the center of His gospel."
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"The only thing they valued higher than ammunition were Man United footballs."
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"Give preference to things of the greatest lasting value."
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"When you rearrange, make it meaningful and significant. Don't rearrange just for the sake of rearranging. It would be as "pointless as rearranging the chairs on the deck of the Titanic. In other words, why waste your time on frivolous activities which could be easily undone or do nothing to contribute to the solution of your problem?"
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"Clearly prize money received more serious attention than scurvy or signals."
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"If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you'll spend your life completely wasting your time. You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living, that is to go on doing thing you don't like doing, which is stupid."
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"He's going to jail. He can't see. He can't hear. He can't take a leak that lasts under fifteen minutes. But he has an erection and all the other problems are small change. Next time around I'm coming back as a man. Priorities are clearly defined. Life is simple."
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"When we overemphasise miracles we underplay kingdom principles."
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"Do not pursue what you cannot keep."
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"It is better to focus on the mission than to earn money."
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"Real travel is not about the highlights with which you dazzle your friends once you're home. It's about the loneliness, the solitude, the evenings spent by yourself, pining to be somewhere else. Those are the moments of true value. You feel half proud of them and half ashamed and you hold them to your heart."
Travel
"The pursuit of illusion is not about studying for prizes, or for study's sake. There's no right or wrong, no pass or fail."
Exploration
"I was no longer troubled when he pulled out a machete in a crowded bar, tried to pick up schoolgirls, or threatened to scalp us, then rip off our heads and scoop out our brains."
Violence
"My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind."
Tradition
"As anyone who's ever taken an Ethiopian bus knows, there is an unwritten rule that the windows must remain firmly closed."
Travel
"Experience has taught me the power of trophies. You may have every knick-knack and useless contraption ever devised, but while they weigh you down, a simple trophy can go a long, long way."
Achievement
"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
"Previous journeys had taught me the danger of taking too much stuff."
Simplicity
"In the world of the Machiguenga, sadness could be equated with anger, and anger was a perilous emotion, by which a foreigner could lose his life."
Culture
"Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession."
Exploration
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