"Learn to use an axe, and respect it and you can't help but love it. But abuse one and it will wear your hands raw and open your foot like an overcooked sausage."

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Source : "Alone in the Wilderness" by Bob Swerer Productions, Part 2 DVD,

Richard Proenneke

#Hands Quotes #Feet Quotes #Abuse Quotes

“Raphael, tell him you wonâ€™t do anything to him if I get â€˜damaged.â€™ â€ â€œThat would be a lie, Elena. I would tear out his throat.”
“I have sinned against my brother the ass.”
“There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood.”
“Eagerly pursuing all the latest fads and trends cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.”
“You don't play triathlon. You play soccer; it's fun. You play baseball. Triathlon is work that you can leave you crumpled in a heap, puking on the roadside. It's the physical brutality of climbing Mount Everest without the great view from the top of the world. What kind of person keeps coming back for more of that?”
“The critical question is not whether you'll have luck, but what you do with the luck that you get.”
“When I told my mother that I wanted to be an actress, she said, you can't live here and do that, and so I moved out. I was determined to prove her wrong because she was so sure that I was going to go astray. And that's the juice that kept me going”
“Music is powered by ideas. If you don't have clarity of ideas, you're just communicating sheer sound.”

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