Laurence Gonzales quotes
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“We don't understand the power of nature and the world because we don't live with it. Our environment is designed to sustain us. We are the domestic pets of a human zoo called civilization.”
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“To deal with reality you must first recognize it as such.”
-- Laurence GonzalesSource : Laurence Gonzales (2017). “Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why”, p.35, W. W. Norton & Company
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“Bureaucracies force us to practice nonsense. And if you rehearse nonsense, you may one day find yourself the victim of it.”
-- Laurence GonzalesSource : Laurence Gonzales (2009). “Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things”, p.69, W. W. Norton & Company
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“To survive you must find yourself then it won't matter where you are.”
-- Laurence GonzalesSource : Laurence Gonzales (2017). “Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why”, p.177, W. W. Norton & Company
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“Count your blessings. Be grateful-- you're alive”
-- Laurence GonzalesSource : Laurence Gonzales (2004). “Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why”, p.288, W. W. Norton & Company
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“We think we believe what we know, but we only truly believe what we feel.”
-- Laurence GonzalesSource : Laurence Gonzales (2017). “Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why”, p.73, W. W. Norton & Company
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“The maddening thing for someone with a Western scientific turn of mind is that it’s not what’s in your pack that separates the quick from the dead. It’s not even what’s in your mind. Corny as it sounds, it’s what’s in your heart.”
-- Laurence GonzalesSource : Laurence Gonzales (2017). “Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why”, p.23, W. W. Norton & Company
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“The sun beams are always there. The trick is in seeing them.”
-- Laurence GonzalesSource : Laurence Gonzales (2017). “Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why”, p.252, W. W. Norton & Company
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“The summit is not the only place on the mountain.”
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“The word 'experienced' often refers to someone who's gotten away with doing the wrong thing more frequently than you have.”
-- Laurence GonzalesSource : Laurence Gonzales (2017). “Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why”, p.109, W. W. Norton & Company
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“But what is the way forward? I know what it isn't. It's not, as we once believed, plenty to eat and a home with all the modern conveniences. It's not a 2,000-mile-long wall to keep Mexicans out or more accurate weapons to kill them. It's not a better low-fat meal or a faster computer speed. It's not a deodorant, a car, a soft drink, a skin cream. The way forward is found on a path through the wilderness of the head and heart---reason and emotion. Thinking, knowing, understanding.”
-- Laurence GonzalesSource : Laurence Gonzales (2009). “Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things”, p.138, W. W. Norton & Company
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“Survival is the celebration of choosing life over death. We know we're going to die. We all die. But survival is saying: perhaps not today. In that sense, survivors don't defeat death, they come to terms with it.”
-- Laurence GonzalesSource : Laurence Gonzales (2017). “Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why”, p.244, W. W. Norton & Company
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“Success is a dangerous element in any endeavor. Embrace the struggle. Beware the achievement. For it steals your caution even as it leads you down the next unknown pathway.”
-- Laurence GonzalesSource : Laurence Gonzales (2009). “Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things”, p.101, W. W. Norton & Company
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