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“A great measure of a man is how he reacts to a midnight awakening when there's no fire or burglar in sight.”

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Kate Jacobs, born on January 11, 1959, is a renowned American author. Her works span various genres, including novels, non-fiction, and children's literature. Jacobs' writing is celebrated for its emotional depth and rich imagination. more

“Separate yourself from your ideas and your work and see them as something separate from yourself, you’ll feel you truly have the right to be wrong. If an idea fails, why not let it be the idea’s fault instead of your own? Allow your ideas to fail without turning them into personal defeat. When you fail you discover your boundaries. You map out the edges of your capabilities. And this allows you to eventually move beyond them. Being wrong eventually leads to being right. And even where it doesn’t, it’s still a more interesting path than being nothing.”

Ifs Feels Stills Ideas Moving Interesting Path Failing Faults Defeat Edges Boundaries Maps Over You Why Not Capability Being Wrong

Author:Steve Pavlina

“Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a story makes you feel inside.”

Knows World Feels Important Real Stories Real World What's Important

Author:Tahir Shah

“Believe, and what was impossible becomes possible what at first was hidden becomes visible.”

Firsts Believe Impossible Visible Impossible Becomes Possible

Author:Tahir Shah

“Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession.”

Lost Cities Obsession

Book:House of the Tiger King, Dyslexic edition

Source: House of the Tiger King, Dyslexic edition

“For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories.”

Way Country Stories Father Listening

Book:In Arabian Nights

Source: In Arabian Nights

“Enlightenment, and the death which comes before it, is the primary business of Varanasi.”

Enlightenment Primaries Varanasi

Book:Sorcerer's Apprentice, Dyslexic edition

Source: Sorcerer's Apprentice, Dyslexic edition

“I believe that Marrakech ought to be earned as a destination. The journey is the preparation for the experience. Reaching it too fast derides it, makes it a little less easy to understand.”

Believe Littles I Believe Easy Journey Ought Preparation Reaching Destination Marrakech

Book:In Arabian Nights

Source: In Arabian Nights

“Real travel is not about the highlights with which you dazzle your friends once you're home. It's about the loneliness, the solitude, the evenings spent by yourself, pining to be somewhere else. Those are the moments of true value. You feel half proud of them and half ashamed and you hold them to your heart.”

Feels Heart Real Moments Home Values Half Loneliness Proud Solitude Evening Ashamed Somewhere Else Highlights Dazzle True Value Pining

Author:Tahir Shah

“To be selfless, you would give charity anonymously, walj softly on the earth, and look out for others-even total strangers-before you look out for yourself. For the Arab mind, the self is an obstacle, an impediment, in humanity's quest foe real progress.”

Giving Mind Looks Real Self Earth Humanity Progress Charity Obstacles Stranger Selfless Quests Foe Impediments Look At Yourself

Author:Tahir Shah

“Close your senses and the imagination comes alive. It's inside us all, dulled by endless television reruns and by a society that reins in fantasy as something not to be trusted, something to be purged. But it's in there, deep inside, a spark waiting to set a touch-paper alight.”

Waiting Imagination Fantasy Alive Television Paper Senses Endless Sparks Trusted Reins Deep Inside Reruns

Book:In Arabian Nights

Source: In Arabian Nights

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