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...there was some kind of connection between the capacity to love and the capacity to love *running*. The engineering was certainly the same: both depended…

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The reason we race isn't so much to beat each other... but to be with each other.
That was the real secret of the Tarahumara: they'd never forgotten what it felt like to love running. They remembered that running…
Try the meditation of the trail, just walk along looking at the trail at your feet and don't look about and just…
The words of the social critic Eric Hoffer were ringing true: "Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and…
Faced with the almost inescapable conclusion that it had been selling lemons, Nike shifted into make-lemonade mode. Jeff Pisciotta became head of…
We were born to run; we were born because we run.
If you can run six miles on a summer day, then you, my friend, are a lethal weapon in the animal kingdom.
The only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and geneticist will tell you, is to love it.
Were designed for persistence hunting, which is a mix of running and walking. Whats built into that kind of running is a…
Anyone can do running. Running should be easy. It should be fun. It should include everyone. It shouldn't be a punishment for…
There is a growing subculture of barefoot runners, people who got rid of their shoes. And what they have found uniformly is…
We are the biggest sissies in the jungle. Every other animal is stronger than we are - they have fangs, they have…

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Life is a child playing round your feet, a tool you hold firmly in your grip, a bench you sit down upon… — Jean Anouilh
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Flying is one of the safest jobs in the Army as long as you don't drop out. If you do drop out,… — Eddie Rickenbacker
You enter a state of controlled passivity, you relax your grip and accept that even if your declared intention is to justify… — Ian Mcewan
...there was some kind of connection between the capacity to love and the capacity to love *running*. The engineering was certainly the… — Christopher McDougall
For a short time, I hated them. But when you think about it, what good does that do?It takes so much to… — Harlan Coben
...a river season will last as long as it takes you to reach your new place. If you get into the river… — Andrew Kaufman
Everything passes, nothing remains. Understand this, loosen your grip and fine serenity... — Surya Das
... to keep moving up ... , you have to abandon the security of that ledge and reach for another hold. Letting… — Nick Vujicic

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