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"To Succeed, you must reach for the stars, and let your imagination find its own path."
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"My expectations for the future? A beautiful past."

"The little things of life, sweet and excellent in their place, must not be the things lived for; the highest must be sought and followed; the life of heaven must be begun here on earth."

"You too could strive, thrive, and become as great or even greater than the people that you admire."

"You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky."

"The opportunity cost of an unlived dream is not only that dream, but also the dreams the dream was meant to inspire."

"Prospect is often better than possession."

"Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing."

"The sky is the limit only if you have a problem with reaching for the stars."

"My goal is to read as much as possible books, my dream is to meet the snow person, the storm person and to make something together. I will be the rain, Snowy will be the snow, Stormy will be the storm - it's not so complicated as far I see."

"Be willing to constantly travel towards the dreams of your future, and don't be afraid to give up the good for the great."
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"Foras Road has a sordid reputation. Old crones sat in doorways, while their daughters were pushed out to earn money. It is intriguing that a society which is very covert with sexuality should be so straightforward about prostitution."


"Only a man who has his health, a full stomach and wears clean clothes would ever entertain the notion of tracking down the greatest lost city on Earth."


"When I am about to embark on a difficult journey, I comfort myself by reading the accounts of the great nineteenth-century travellers, men like Stanley, Burton, Speke, Burckhardt and Barth."


"The first few hours in the cell were quite stimulating. I'd never been in a prison cell before and was quite enjoying the experience."


"Because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we all have become lazy. Lazy people are like cancer. They spread. Before you know it, the entire country is destroyed."


"For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories."


"As I see the world, there's one element that's even more corrosive than missionaries: tourists. It's not that I feel above them in any way, but that the very places they patronize are destroyed by their affection."
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