Gordon Roddick Quotes

“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.”

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“Never play polo with anyone you don’t like, and never be bamboozled into thinking you can play as well as the Argentines.”

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“Unbeatable. The beat goes on.”

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“Live to your own morality and tell the rest to go to hell.”

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“I love the creativity of non-violence to make change.”

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“Paying it forward – a revolution in kindness.”

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“Create real change in society, business and politics.”

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“38 Degrees. Committee for the future.”

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“38 Degrees. After the calamitous loss of Anita, I was looking for something to honour her that had a hint of activism and would be one of her legacy marks.”

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“38 Degrees. I wanted to set up a campaigning group, free of political baggage, that would give ordinary people from all walks of life a chance to come together, to lobby on social and political issues and make Britain a better and fairer place to live.”

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“As for the future, 30 Degrees looks good and will develop more of a heart to keep authority honest. I hope they will be more radical and don’t get sucked into the dance of Parliament.”

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“We named the activist organisation 38 Degrees, the angle at which snowflakes come together to trigger an avalanche. I believe it did cause an avalanche of activism and protest, an unstoppable momentum.”

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“And in this soak lies an episode of love’s long life.”

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“What we have is the now, the working for others. To be of service, to celebrate your life. We must nurture the love that we have created.”

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“Wanting to slow down and savour as much as possible.”

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“Here is a key to unlock a memory or two.”

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“Do good, or make trouble for those who are not doing good.”

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“It uncovers layer by layer all the complexities and innuendos, all the colours, shades of honesty and sincerity cast aside. It is a terrible relief to be part of a thing that holds such meaning.”

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“It comes heavy with doses of passion.”

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“I am now 80+ and happy to be alive and sitting in the departure lounge. Anita and I made a great partnership, sometimes stormy, and we achieved a lot together in the great arena of life. I hope to exit with a smile, surrounded by my family.”

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“We were not looking for change but the pathway to change.”

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“Is it a primitive fundamental reproductive desire, a want to fuck the Earth to become a part of that great reproductive cycle, the mightiest source of sexual power anywhere?”

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“Imagine! I’d dreamed of Colonel Fawcett and the Xavante tribe or the Kayapó – this was like pre-destiny.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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“It’s time to stop being polite.”

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“Shoving uncomfortable issues merely hardens resistance to change.”

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“Talk honestly.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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

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“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.”

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

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“Everyone has their tale.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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

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“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.”

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

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“Polo: drama at its best!”

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“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.”

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

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“Pisswits.”

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“I don’t think that way.”

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“I guess if I am being honest, I was better at playing second fiddle – my life seems to have borne that out – with occasional bursts of first fiddle (The Big Issue, the Amazon, Riding across the Gran Chaco) – a slightly second-rate Ranulph Fiennes or even Pen Hadow. Nothing I have ever done had the benefit of planning – more based on ignorance than risk.”

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“This condition of human loneliness is temporarily obliterated (erased) in secrets inadmissible.”

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