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We have a saying in Marseilles: a man in no hurry gets nowhere fast. I have been in no hurry for eight years.
Gregory David Roberts
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Gregory David Roberts
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 21
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In the face of all that is so wrong with the world, the very worst thing you can do is survive. And yet you must survive. It is this dilemma that makes us believe and cling to the lie that we have a soul, and that there is a God who cares about its fate.
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The voice, Afghan matchmakers say, is more than half of love.
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justice is not only the way we punish those who do wrong. It is also the way we try to save them.
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None of us lie or guard our secrets when we sing, and India is a nation of singers whose first love is the kind of song we turn to when crying just isn't enough.
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But I smiled, and smiling was easy, no matter how strange and disorienting the street seemed to be. I was a fugitive. I was a wanted man, a hunted man, with a price on my head. And I was still one step ahead of them. I was free. Every day, when you're on the run, is the whole of your life. Every free minute is a short story with a happy ending.
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The choice you make, between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life.
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nothing grieves more deeply or pathetically than one half of a great love that isn’t meant to be.
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Love is the opposite of power. That's why we fear it so much.
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A politician is someone who promises a bridge even when there's no water
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Good soldiers are defined by what they can endure, not by what they can inflict.
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The most precious gift you can bring to your lover is your suffering.
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Love is a one-way street. Love, like respect isn't something you get it's something you give
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