"The word 'experienced' often refers to someone who's gotten away with doing the wrong thing more frequently than you have."

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Source : Laurence Gonzales (2017). “Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why”, p.109, W. W. Norton & Company

Laurence Gonzales

“When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.”
“A prime function of a leader is to keep hope alive.”
“It was old President Diaz who said that nothing ever happens in Mexico until it happens. Things rock along from day to day, and then all at once you are caught up in a rush of unforeseen events.”
“I was singing before I could talk.”
“Injury in general teaches you to appreciate every moment. I've had my share of injuries throughout my career. It's humbling. It gives you perspective. No matter how many times I've been hurt, I've learned from that injury and come back even more humble.”
“When you do business with people you need money. When you do business with God you need faith. Faith is the currency of the Kingdom of God.”
“Cheeseburger in paradise!”
“As kids, my brother David and I longed for acceptance. We were desperate to belong. We would have been thrilled to see the pews of Jones's church in San Francisco, with blacks and whites sitting side by side. And Jim Jones's sermons on social justice and equality would have had much greater appeal to us than the soporific morality tales we were accustomed to hearing. Jones promised real racial equality. He promised to create a truly equal community in the jungle in Guyana.”

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