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

Life Truth Memories Beauty Adventure Travel Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source Mongolia

Life Stories Truth Memories Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source

“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.”

Life Truth Nature Memories Adventure Travel Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source

Author: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.”

Life Truth Nature Memories Adventure Travel Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source Mongolia

Author: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”

Love Life Philosophy Poetry Poem Contemplation Attributed No Source

Author:Gordon Roddick

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

Life Truth Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source

Author: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.”

Life Truth Friendship Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source Sport Polo

Author:Gordon Roddick

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

Life Truth Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source Sport Polo

Author:Gordon Roddick

“Polo: drama at its best!”

Life Truth Drama Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source Sport Polo

Author: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.”

Life Truth Friendship Reflection Contemplation Anarchy Attributed No Source Sport Polo Terry Hanlon

Author:Gordon Roddick

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

Life Truth Friendship Reflection Wit Contemplation Attributed No Source Sport Polo

Author:Gordon Roddick

“Pisswits.”

Life Truth Humour Attributed No Source

Author:Gordon Roddick

“I don’t think that way.”

Life Truth Humour Attributed No Source

Author:Gordon Roddick

“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.”

Life Truth Adventure Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source The Body Shop Anita Roddick

Author:Gordon Roddick

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

Life Truth Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source

Author:Gordon Roddick

“Anita would never say no to anybody’s dreams.”

Life Philosophy Truth Dreams Reflection Attributed No Source 1976 The Body Shop Anita Roddick Wisdom Contemplation

Author:Gordon Roddick

“It was always a question of being present in mind and consciousness – I liked that Anita constantly challenged.”

Life Truth Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source Anita Roddick

Author:Gordon Roddick

“All are equal – what incredible, intelligent bullshit.”

Life Truth Humour Equality Attributed No Source

Author:Gordon Roddick

“We showed that breaking the rules could lift your head above the mist, the fog and clouds of incomprehension. There was sunshine and laughter up there – anything, everything was possible!”

Life Truth Business Reflection Bravery Entrepreneurship Contemplation Attributed No Source The Body Shop Anita Roddick

Author:Gordon Roddick

“Terrible sadness; I have lost two good years of my children. I miss those childish things around the house, tripping up over torn teddies and being unable to find my keys.”

Life Truth Family Sadness Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source 1976

Author:Gordon Roddick

“Sometimes, silence drops around like an uninvited guest.”

Life Truth Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source

Author:Gordon Roddick

“Constantly, the thought is, will I be brave enough? So far, I have not risen to that challenge in my personal or public life. I was good enough to give shape but not detail to the opportunity I had in business.”

Life Truth Business Reflection Bravery Contemplation Attributed No Source The Body Shop Anita Roddick

Author:Gordon Roddick

“I had big fun and big opportunities; we pulled out the extensions on business and made it do more for life.”

Life Truth Business Reflection Bravery Contemplation Attributed No Source The Body Shop 2003

Author:Gordon Roddick

“We stretched the possibilities to the evident delight of others, who took my similar cries or used the business tool to move to fresh ground that stirred their own passions (or maybe demons), that gave their workforce a feeling of vitality and difference beyond 'let's turn up for next week's pay cheque'.”

Life Truth Passion Business Reflection Bravery Contemplation Attributed No Source The Body Shop 2005

Author:Gordon Roddick

“I am proud of many parts of that. Much of it we did because we did not know that it was not part of the programme and that did not matter, but it did matter.”

Life Truth Business Pride Reflection Bravery Contemplation Attributed No Source

Author:Gordon Roddick

“Ken Saro-Wiwa was one of the warmest and most courageous men I know.”

Life Truth Reflection Activism Contemplation Attributed No Source Ken Saro Wiwa Ogoni

Author:Gordon Roddick

“Perhaps this is how life translates, and we all bumble through taking opportunistic advantage, passing off the accidental as the creative plan, the deliberate expression of a sometimes ordered intelligence.”

Life Truth Opportunity Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source Spontaneity

Author:Gordon Roddick

“The Angola 3: targeted, framed, isolated.”

Truth Human Rights Activism Attributed No Source Solitary Confinement Angola 3 Miscarriage Of Justice

Author:Gordon Roddick

“People from all over the world are working together to make the world a better place, now more than ever.”

Life Truth Integrity Reflection Activism Contemplation Attributed No Source People Power

Author:Gordon Roddick

“The threat is more important than the actuality.”

Life Philosophy Wisdom Truth Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source

Author:Gordon Roddick

“The objective is not to let the bastards get away with it.”

Life Truth Integrity Reflection Activism Contemplation Attributed No Source People Power

Author:Gordon Roddick

“The Angola 3. Another prisoner confessed to the killing, and when Robert and his fellow detainee were questioned and told to shut up. The judge then ordered them to be gagged with duck tape and bound. All this happened in front of a jury who sat there aghast.”

Truth Human Rights Activism Attributed No Source Solitary Confinement Angola 3 Miscarriage Of Justice

Author:Gordon Roddick

“Be patient. Don’t be patient.”

Life Philosophy Wisdom Truth Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source

Author:Gordon Roddick

“The Angola 3. Held in Solitary confinement for 40+ years each. The Closed Cell Restriction (CCR) block, where Herman and Albert were imprisioned, housed solitary cases on two tiers, with around 13 cells per tier. The cells were no more than nine by six feet, and prisoners were confined 23 hours a day, only getting out for a shower or solo exercise in the yard. Imagine, for a minute, being forced to live in your bathroom for the rest of your life.”

Truth Human Rights Activism Attributed No Source Solitary Confinement Angola 3 Miscarriage Of Justice

Author:Gordon Roddick

“Frame it up fact by fact. Build it up to show the injustice.”

Truth Human Rights Activism Attributed No Source Solitary Confinement Angola 3 Miscarriage Of Justice

Author:Gordon Roddick

“You can’t conquer the world all at once.”

Life Truth Reflection Activism Contemplation Attributed No Source

Author:Gordon Roddick

“Solitary confinement is torture.”

Truth Human Rights Activism Attributed No Source Solitary Confinement Angola 3 Miscarriage Of Justice Torture

Author:Gordon Roddick

“Stop playing safe – talk about the issues people do not want to hear or are unaware of.”

Life Truth Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source Radical Activism

Author:Gordon Roddick

“The Angola 3 had an invincible spirit.”

Truth Human Rights Activism Attributed No Source Solitary Confinement Angola 3 Miscarriage Of Justice

Author:Gordon Roddick

“Put people first.”

Life Truth Integrity Reflection Activism Contemplation Attributed No Source

Author:Gordon Roddick

“Justice for the Angola 3.”

Truth Human Rights Activism Attributed No Source Solitary Confinement Angola 3 Miscarriage Of Justice

Author:Gordon Roddick

“Most of all, I need you.”

Love Life Truth Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source 1976

Author:Gordon Roddick, 1976

“Laughter is a wickedness that lurks near the surface and breathes out with joy and maybe even relief.”

Life Truth Joy Laughter Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source 1976

Author:Gordon Roddick, 1976

“I feel as if I have done nothing yet – except shoot my mouth off!”

Life Truth Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source 1976

Author:Gordon Roddick, 1976

“If nothing else, my love, this could be a humbling experience! Perhaps it will turn me into a better human being or something. I’m sure it’s all worthwhile!”

Love Life Truth Family Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source 1976

Author:Gordon Roddick, 1976

“Kiss my two lovely girls for me ten thousand times.”

Love Life Truth Family Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source 1976

Author:Gordon Roddick, 1976

“I envy your heatwave; mine is just an eat wave.”

Life Truth Food Humour Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source 1976

Author:Gordon Roddick, 1976

“There was so much poetry in this journey.”

Life Truth Travel Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source 1976

Author:Gordon Roddick, 1976

“Paraguay was beautiful, and the people were extrovert, kind and generous.”

Life Truth Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source Paraguay

Author:Gordon Roddick, 1976

“I prefer to reserve comment till I see how we get on.”

Life Truth Reflection Contemplation Attributed No Source

Author:Gordon Roddick, 1976