"In a boxing match, the fighters absorb some vicious blows because theyâ€™re ready for them. And usually, the knockout punch is the one they didnâ€™t see coming."

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Source : Todd Burpo (2014). “Heaven is for Real Movie Edition: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back”, p.17, Thomas Nelson Inc

Todd Burpo

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“In every position that I've been in, there have been naysayers who don't believe I'm qualified or who don't believe I can do the work. And I feel a special responsibility to prove them wrong.”

Source : "As A Latina, Sonia Sotomayor Says, 'You Have To Work Harder'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. January 13, 2014.
“Once a year ask the boss, "What do I or my people do that helps you to do your job?" and "What do I or my people do that hampers you?”
“I had started by imitating a parrot, which is unusual, in that a parrot is supposed to imitate you. By taking the initiative you allow the parrot no alternative but to be itself, which proves again that attack is often the best defence.”
“Machines were mice and men were lions once upon a time. But now that it's the opposite it's twice upon a time.”
“There's an African proverb: 'When death finds you, may it find you alive.' Alive means living your own damned life, not the life that your parents wanted, or the life some cultural group or political party wanted, but the life that your own soul wants to live.”

Source : "Your Own Damn Life". Interview with John Malkin, www.thesunmagazine.org. November 2011.
“It is thanks to my evening reading alone that I am still more or less sane.”

Source : W. G. Sebald (2016). “Vertigo”, p.62, New Directions Publishing
“Why do they call it proctology? Is it because analogy was already taken?”
“While nothing is more uncertain than a single life, nothing is more certain than the average duration of a thousand lives.”

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