“The harder the life the finer the type and there’s no doubt about that; the easier you make life the lower goes your standards.”

— Wilfred Thesiger

Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swjcpS6EpV4&feature=youtu.be&t=17m43s. 2001. <br class="br">Variant: I think the harder the life, the finer the type

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