"If you read folklore and mythology, any kind……" — Christopher McDougall
"If you read folklore and mythology, any kind of myths, any kind of tall tales, running is always associated with freedom and vitality and youthfulness and eternal vigor. It's only in our lifetime that running has become associated with fear and pain."
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Christopher McDougall
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59 Quotes by Christopher McDougall
Christopher McDougall has 59 quotes on this site.
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The reason we race isn't so much to beat each other... but to be with each other.
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That was the real secret of the Tarahumara: they'd never forgotten what it felt like to love running. They remembered…
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Try the meditation of the trail, just walk along looking at the trail at your feet and don't look about…
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The words of the social critic Eric Hoffer were ringing true: "Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a…
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Faced with the almost inescapable conclusion that it had been selling lemons, Nike shifted into make-lemonade mode. Jeff Pisciotta became…
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We were born to run; we were born because we run.
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If you can run six miles on a summer day, then you, my friend, are a lethal weapon in the…
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The only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and geneticist will tell you, is to love it.
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Were designed for persistence hunting, which is a mix of running and walking. Whats built into that kind of running…
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Anyone can do running. Running should be easy. It should be fun. It should include everyone. It shouldn't be a…
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There is a growing subculture of barefoot runners, people who got rid of their shoes. And what they have found…
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We are the biggest sissies in the jungle. Every other animal is stronger than we are - they have fangs,…
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Anything you're trying to will is focused on the future; it's always associated with some sort of anxiety that makes…
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I would worry if people always associated me with Larry Sokolov.
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Lying and war are always associated. Listen closely when you hear a war-maker try to defend his current war: If…
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I've always associated consciousness with artists like Bob Marley or Joni Mitchell or Bob Dylan. You know, artists that really…
— Will Ferrell
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Suddenly, I saw it in a new way, as a picture that offered me a new view, free of all…
— Gerhard Richter
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In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a…
— Youssou N'Dour
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The ablest lawyers are always associated with the biggest fees.
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I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of lift, of joy, of unexpected reward.
— Seamus Heaney
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Is it not enough that we cannot make one another happy, must we also rob one another of the pleasures…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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My father, Abe, was a small businessman. For 32 years, he ran an exterminating company. That may explain why our…
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