I wish to cup knowledge in my hand and drink it as one drinks water by the side of the stream.
("The Power of One")
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The power of one is above all things the power to believe in yourself, ofen well beyond any latent ability you may have previously demonstrated. The mind is the athlete, the body is simply the means it uses to run faster or longer, jump higher, shoot straighter, kick better, swim harder, hit further, or box better.Bryce Courtenay
It's nothing to be ashamed of. There comes a time in everything when you don't know something.
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But I was still alive, and in my book, where there's life, there's hope.
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I knew then that the person on the outside was only a shell, a presence to be seen and provoked. Inside was the real me, where my tears joined the tears of all the sad people to form the three waterfalls in the night country.
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As is so often the case with a legend, every incident has two possible interpretations, the plausible and the one that is molded to suit the making of the myth. Man is a romantic at heart and will always put aside dull, plodding reason for the excitement of an enigma. As Doc had pointed out, mystery, not logic, is what gives us hope and keeps us believing in a force greater than our own insignificance.
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Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.
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