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"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."
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"To emend one's thinking constantly is a desirable practice, and one I often engage in--sometimes to the point of being almost schizophrenic. But there are cases where one should not parade changes just to prove one is up to date. In the field of ideas, as much as in other fields, monogamy is not necessarily a sign of absence of libido."
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"We continuously make promises and create agreements with ourselves and others. Some of these agreements are mutually beneficial. However, when you realize that things you agreed to in the past are no longer helpful, possible, or relevant, renegotiate. Be invested enough in your situations or relationships for renegotiation to take place."
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"Put a man in the wrong atmosphere and nothing will function as it should. He will seem unhealthy in every part. Put him back into his proper element and everything will blossom and look healthy. But if he is not in his right element, what then? Well, then he just has to make the best of appearing before the world as a cripple."
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"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."
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"After awhile you could get used to anything."
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"Unheard-of combinations of circumstances demand unheard-of rules."
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"How can you stand touching her? my sister blurted, staring at our clasped hands. 'Doesn't that hurt?I seized on the change of topic. 'These gloves are specialized rubber. They block the current.Gretchen's gaze traveled over Vlad, disbelief still stamped on her features. 'Yeah, but how do you two do anything else, unless he has a special, currentrepellingglove for his-'Gretchen! my father cut her off.My cheeks felt hot. Don't say a word, I thought to Vlad, seeing his chest tremble with suppressed laughter.'He has a natural immunity, I gritted out."
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"Back at the guest house I tried to acclimatise. A travel-worn adventurer had once told me that leaning with one's head dangling over the end of a bed was the best way to achieve this. It was while I was in this position, the blood rushing to my temples, that the door swung open."
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"We will as soon as possible reexamine our laws and policies and eliminate all obstacles to genuine investment."
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"There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them."
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"Previous journeys had taught me the danger of taking too much stuff."
Simplicity
"As the head of an expedition, you can't pussyfoot around being polite to everyone. You have to show your teeth once in a while; a little growling goes a long way."
Leadership
"My father looked on in disbelief, overwhelmed that his son had been taught to eat glass and relish it."
Survival
"The ability to tell a good route from a terrible one is a valuable skill when leading an expedition. Unfortunately for us all, it was a skill I did not possess."
Leadership
"Visit Cape Town and history is never far from your grasp. It lingers in the air, a scent on the breezy, an explanation of circumstance that shaped the Rainbow People. Stroll around the old downtown and it's impossible not to be affected by the trials and tribulations of the struggle. But, in many ways, it is the sense of triumph in the face of such adversity that makes the experience all the more poignant."
History
"My journey to the land of the Shuar tribe had taught me the importance of practical gifts."
Learning
"Explorers like to pretend that they are a select breed of people with iron nerve and an ability to endure terrible hardship."
Exploration
"There's nothing quite like a good quest for getting your blood pumping."
Adventure
"Lured by the wilderness, and by the chance of spotting rare desert elephants, a few intrepid tourists make their way to the Skeleton Coast each year. It's just about as remote as any tourist destination on earth, but one that pays fabulous dividends."
Adventure
"For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories."
Storytelling
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