A note from Daniel

One thing all great men and women of history have in common: Like oxygen to a fire, obstacles became fuel for the blaze that was their ambition. Nothing could stop them, they were (and continue to be) impossible to discourage or contain.

Daniel The Obstacle Is The Way, page 2 · July 24, 2023 Save to shelf
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It took nineteen years and two trials to overturn that verdict, but when Carter walked out of prison, he simply resumed his life. No civil suit to recover damages, Carter did not even request an apology from the court. Because to him, that would imply that they'd taken something of his that Carter felt he was owed. That had never been his view, even in the dark depths of solitary confinement. He had made his choice: This can't harm me-I might not have wanted it to happen, but I decide how it will affect me. No one else has the right.
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