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“I am strongly drawn to the simple life and am often oppressed by the feeling that I am engrossing an unnecessary amount of the labour of my fellow men. I regard class differences as contrary to justice and, in the last resort, based on force. I also consider that plain living is good for everybody, physically and mentally.”

“I am strongly of the opinion that, after the age of twenty-one, a man ought not to be out of bed and awake at four in the morning. The hour breeds thought. At twenty-one, life being all future, it may be examined with impunity. But, at thirty, having become an uncomfortable mixture of future and past, it is a thing to be looked at only when the sun is high and the world full of warmth and optimism.”

“I am struck again by the fact that as soon as a working man gets an official post in the Trade Union or goes into Labour politics, he becomes middle-class whether he will or no. ie. by fighting against the bourgeoisie he becomes a bourgeois. The fact is that you cannot help living in the manner appropriate and developing the ideology appropriate to your income.”

“I am stubborn—always have been, always will be. I’m so stubborn that when I lost both my jobs in a single day, I laughed—
because, for the first time, I felt in control. I saw a blank canvas, a chance to paint the town green (money),
and I swore I’d never let another soul hold that kind of power over me again. I’m so stubborn that while others feel disappointment, I feel destiny. Where they see setbacks, I see stepping stones. Where they hesitate, I run headfirst—because greatness doesn’t wait. I’m crazily stubborn, turning every challenge into opportunity,
birthing businesses from struggle, wearing my hardships like medals. Each failure has been a lesson, each scar a roadmap,
and now, I don’t just survive—I build. I’m so stubborn that failure no longer frightens me,
it fuels me. I’ve mastered its rhythm, learned its secrets,
and now, it barely dares to cross my path. I am proudly, unapologetically stubborn. Because this stubbornness has won me my freedom,
my financial independence, my power. And now, I use it to lift those who are ready—
ready to be just as stubborn as I am.”

“I am stupid, am I not? What more can I want? If you ask them who is brave--who is true--who is just--who is it they would trust with their lives?--they would say, Tuan Jim. And yet they can never know the real, real truth....”