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“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.”
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“People love to say, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” What they don’t say is, “And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.” That’s the part of the analogy that’s missing.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“Poverty, I realized, wasn’t only a lack of financial resources; it was isolation from the kind of people who could help you make more of yourself.”
― Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
― Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
“Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.”
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“None of them had cars, either. There was no future in which most of these families would ever have cars. There was maybe one car for every thousand people, yet almost everyone had a driveway. It was almost like building the driveway was a way of willing the car to happen. The story of Soweto is the story of the driveways. It’s a hopeful place. —”
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
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Allison’s 2025 Year in Books
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