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Alan is an Englishman (getting on a bit in years!) with an amazing CV when it comes to both career and living - as well as his interests and hobbies. Having lived on this wonderful planet of ours for many years he'd like to pass on some of his experiences in living and many other aspects of life to anyone interested enough to read them - and see his photographs and videos. Alan is an engineer, teacher, writer, photographer and traveller. You may not agree with my thoughts and opinions and that is fine with me. We are all entitled to have our own thoughts and opinions which may well differ from those of other people. I respect that yours may be different to mine and suggest you respect my thoughts and opinions too. There is no point in having a rant, a tantrum, or throwing your toys out of the pram just because you disagree with what I've written as it won't change anything, let alone change the world. All it does is indicate how imature you are, juvenile even, that you can't tolerate people having a different take on life than you. Sadly, there are people around of that ilk, but that is their problem, not mine. Quite frankly, I don't give a stuff whether you agree with me or not! Just remember: "Happiness comes from living as you need to, as you want to. As your inner voice tells you to. Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be." Shonda Rhimes As Aristotle said: "No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness".
It has been said that mankind’s most noble goal is the search for truth and understanding. Sadly, these goals seem to be receding further every day with the constant lies and lack of understanding that face us every day from our world's leaders as well as from those whom we meet.
You know, there are some words I've known since I was a schoolboy: "With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie, as wisdom and warning. The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. I fear that today...
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“There is no finer sensations in life that which comes with victory over one’s self. Go forward to a goal of inward achievement, brushing aside all your old internal enemies as you advance”. Vashni Young - Author (USA) of motivational books.
“Don’t take life seriously. Either way, you won’t make it out alive” quote from Alphonse Allais.
“God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it” quote from American author Austin O’Malley.
“To do something well is so worthwhile that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy. It would be a waste of life to do nothing with one's ability, for I feel that life is measured in achievement, not in years alone.”
Today there is no longer anything authentic. Everything has been manipulated, distorted, reworked to the point of losing all meaning. There is no passion and inventiveness, there is no individualism and we live in a world where everything has been cleared through customs to make money and create trivial trends. If you want something real, think about the end. (Ph: Anke Eve Goldman, German amateur racer, journalist, model and motorcycle clothing designer in the 1950s and 60s. Glamorous and feminine as she was determined, she fought hard to earn the proper respect of the male bikers of her era. A loyal BMW customer (R67 and then R69), at the end of the 1960s she let herself be seduced by a four-cylinder MV750, at the time the undisputed pinnacle of sport motorcycle).
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