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“Evensun

If only there were a grasping
Two finely ground clogs a clicking
To oil a hold on the rubbing.”
Gordon Roddick

“Living in a Kayapó village is a magical experience.”
Gordon Roddick

“My view at the time was that we needed to have a relatively easy process in which the Indians could be fully involved and would be a high-volume range in The Body Shop’s ‘Trade Not Aid’ bracket.”
Gordon Roddick

“I loved the Kayapó language, a language group called 'Ji'. Their word for no was ‘kati’, and yes was ‘na’.”
Gordon Roddick

“Community Trade. Ask tough, honest questions, get the changes you need and get behind them.”
Gordon Roddick

“Kayapó women – always in pairs or more. If you asked for their name – their friend would always reply to voice her name.”
Gordon Roddick

“The last thing we wanted to say was, “I told you so,” but it may be.”
Gordon Roddick

“Kayapó. In muddy villages, everyone is smiling everywhere all the time, very kind, very unpretentious.”
Gordon Roddick

“It’s time to stop being polite.”
Gordon Roddick

“Shoving uncomfortable issues merely hardens resistance to change.”
Gordon Roddick

“Talk honestly.”
Gordon Roddick

“Mongolia is a fascinating country; visit if you can. It is one of the world's last frontiers with space and landscape that defies definition.”
Gordon Roddick

“I have been lucky to see many parts of the world denied to others. A special trip was one I made to Mongolia. It is a remarkable and unusual country. Do get there before it changes.”
Gordon Roddick

“A girl for whom laughter is her first tune.”
Gordon Roddick

“On this Mongolian adventure, I am alone in a double tent, which I thought would be a glorious luxury, but I am just messy.”
Gordon Roddick

“Mongolia, I have never been anywhere quite like it. The people are wild, and the animals are tame. The whole country is fuelled by passion.”
Gordon Roddick

“Mongolia, we set up camp in the fading light and the extraordinary beauty of this lake and this country.”
Gordon Roddick

“Everyone has their tale.”
Gordon Roddick

“If you went out for a pee at night, the reindeer came running over to drink your pee. Apparently, there are minerals in it they need and don’t have.”
Gordon Roddick

“We see the Tsaatan encampment of tepees in the far distance, sitting in a vast treeless plain surrounded by rolling hills and backdropped by high snow-capped mountains. We pause for a while to take in this spectacle. It took my breath away, and for a moment, everything was gone except the here and now.”
Gordon Roddick

“Anthem for postprandial.

The hands
That have drawn
The feast
Now draw thin
Red blood
In separate sign
And riddle
Out a wither
In a last few grains
Of whimpered self
To deny
Our dwarfing”
Gordon Roddick

“How can we live without fear in a world of good?”
Gordon Roddick

“Polo has all the qualities that a nearly middle-aged man would need. Lots of adrenalin, dangerous and, contrary to my expectations, bright and filled with shenanigans and friendships.”
Gordon Roddick

“The polo ball was thrown in, the game exploded, and so did my sanity.”
Gordon Roddick

“Polo: drama at its best!”
Gordon Roddick

“Terry Hanlon was no ordinary man. He was an extravagantly wild and irrepressible sportsman. Terry was a poet, philosopher and artist. He had anarchy in his soul. He disregarded the rules, and we were all jealous of his freedom and ability to make us laugh and sometimes cry.”
Gordon Roddick

“No one was safe from Terry Hanlon's wit and humour. He was much loved by polo players all over the world.”
Gordon Roddick

“Friends who had anarchy in their souls were reckless only by calculation and separated from convention by their own desire.”
Gordon Roddick

“My general advice, if you are thinking of playing polo, is: don’t play polo!”
Gordon Roddick

“Terry Hanlon was fond of saying polo is like a drug. Once you have learned to hit that ball, you can’t give it up. If you get hooked, buy the best horses you can afford and look after them.”
Gordon Roddick