"the people who live in the last places - the people who are most neglected and least valued by the larger world - often represent the best of who we are and the finest standard of what we are meant to become. This is the power that last places hold over me, and why I have found it impossible to resist their pull."

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Source : Radio broadcast following his abdication, 11 December 1936, in 'The Times' 12 December 1936

Greg Mortenson

#People Quotes #Who We Are Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“I loved New York. I made enough money and studied acting with Kenneth McMillan, which was my first formal training.”
“There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.”
“If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.”
“We're all running away. Some of us just don't get very far.”

Source : John Dunning (2004). “Booked Twice: Booked to Die and The Bookman's Wake”, p.371, Simon and Schuster
“This was why I loved my Grana. Being with her always made me laugh. She accepted life for what it was. She didnâ€™t pretend or put on airs. She was just Grana.”
“Go off-road...Practice a little daring.”
“Iâ€™m more insecure than I ever let anyone know. Sometimes you protect yourself with this kind of armor that people see more than they see you.”
“I lost my mother and my brother when I was 15 in two separate car accidents. I was doing well at school. I was a good sportsperson, but at that point, I gave up on all of those things that were there to be done. I couldn't deal with them.”

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