"Perhaps all our troubles - all the violence,……" — Christopher McDougall
"Perhaps all our troubles - all the violence, obesity, illness, depression, and greed we can't overcome - began when we stopped living as Running People. Deny your nature, and it will erupt in some other, uglier way."
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59 Quotes by Christopher McDougall
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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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