"beware of your most implacable enemy-yourself."

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Source : Wilbur Smith (2008). “The Leopard Hunts in Darkness”, p.30, Pan Macmillan

Wilbur Smith

“Grace is the light or electricity or juice or breeze that takes you from that isolated place and puts you with others who are as startled and embarrassed and eventually grateful as you are to be there.”
“I actually started modeling in Ethiopia, because that's where I grew up, and I started out by just doing little fashion shows for school, and I liked it so much that I started pursuing it.”
“I hated the reflection in the mirror. I wanted so much to be someone else... I thought that if I was thinner, the rest of my life would change.”
“Information is power. Disinformation is abuse of power.”

Source : Newton Lee (2014). “Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness”, p.169, Springer
“When all my mates used to think they were proper rude boys, they used to take the piss out of me for wearing casual clothing. But in terms of a faux pas, I reckon I'm too proud to admit it - I'm of the opinion that I always look boss.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I want to protect our constitutional right to bear arms in a legal and thoughtful way with background checks that also don't want people to get shot and murdered, but it doesn't mean that you can't own a gun.”
“It is the world, my boy," he said. "All the World, in ink and blood, vellum and parchment, leather and hide. It is the World, and it is yours to save or lose.”

Source : James A. Owen (2010). “Here, There Be Dragons”, p.20, Simon and Schuster
“The key to a sale in an interview, and the key to an interview is a disturbing question.”

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