"Too many things have changed. Too much time has passed. I'm different now, a man with a pocketful of unconnected but terribly vivid memories. I was looking to dredge up what I'd long forgotten. Most of all, I am wishing for something to fasten all these gems, maybe something to hold them in a continuity that I can comprehend."

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Source : Andrew X. Pham (2010). “Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam”, p.98, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Andrew X. Pham

#Memories Quotes #Men Quotes #Long Quotes

“There’s no tipping point where you become what you are. Character development starts when you’re growing up. Your socioeconomic background contributes. The attitude that gets you through some communities doesn’t work in corporate America. It’s not an excuse, but it does help explain”
“You want the people to know, but you don't really want the things behind it. I have everything I ever wanted. I never wanted a big house. I never wanted a Ferrari. I mean, as I proceeded with the music, I started liking Ferraris...”

Source : Interview with Trevor Noah, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 8, 2016.
“One consistent thing in an otherwise inconsistent career is that I've always been passionate about parliament.”

Source : Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2011.
“Dying to be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing.”
“Of all the virtues, discretion began to seem the most rewarding: it kept people guessing and sometimes, by default, admiring.”
“...Dr.Ducks Ax Wax is Great Stuff...”
“To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.”

Source : Joshua Slocum (1985). “The Voyages of Joshua Slocum”, p.381, Sheridan House, Inc.
“Lately we have been getting facts pointing to the "oceanic" nature of the floor of so-called inland seas. Through geological investigations it has been definitely established that in its deepest places, for instance, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, the Earth's crust is devoid of granite stratum. The same may be said quite confidently about the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Could the interpretation of these data be that inland seas were the primary stage of the formation of oceanic basins?”

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