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“All the ingenuity, all the high-tech gear, all the jury-rigging sometimes the sea would rip it all away until there was only you, the Creator, and His mercy.”
Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.17, Thomas Nelson Inc
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“After decimating several vegetables, I decide juicing is my favorite form of food preparation. There's something perversely appealing about subjecting an innocent plant to that much violence.”
Source : A. J. Jacobs (2012). “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”, p.226, Simon and Schuster
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“It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.”
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“War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy.”
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“War is murder. And the military preparations now being made for a potential major confrontation are aimed at collective murder. In a nuclear age the victims would be numbered by the millions. This naked truth must be faced.”
Source : Alva Myrdal, Cecilia Åse, Yvonne Hirdman (2002). “"Något kan man väl göra: texter 1932-1982”
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“There's no such thing as luck. Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.”
Source : Interview with Henry Rogers, www.previewonline.org.
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“Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.”
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“I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.”
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“The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.”
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“She didn't know then that life has a way of backing you into a corner. You make your choices when you're far too young to understand their implications, and with each choice you make the field of possibility narrows. You choose a career and other careers are lost to you. You choose a mate and commit to loving no other.”