"If you live in the same small place long enough, something you don't like is bound to happen"

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Tracy Kidder

#Long Quotes #Enough Quotes

“My RV is the only place where I can find some peace and quiet.”
“It is my view that it is a big embarrassment for Africa . It is hypocritical for African leaders to talk about democracy and human rights and to be silent when these things are happening in Zimbabwe .”
“The power and diversity of the Armed Forces, active Guard and Reserve, the resolve of our fellow citizens, the flexibility in our command to navigate international waters that remain troubled are all essential to our security.”
“When I met Johnny, I was pure virgin. He changed that. He was my first everything. My first real kiss. My first real boyfriend. My first fiancÃ©. The first guy I had sex with. So he'll always be in my heart. Forever. Kind of funny that word.”
“Men are admitted into heaven not because they have curbed or governed their passions, but because they have cultivate their understandings.”
“It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.”

Source : Mickey Mantle (1964). “The Quality of Courage”, p.42, U of Nebraska Press
“When I experienced altered states of consciousness, my whole philosophical structure crumbled, and that terrified me. And what scared me the most was the realisation that death was not the end!”
“War is not pretty from any angle, and the most vulnerable organ in the body is the brain.”

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