"That time is important. It gives a comforting……" — Joe Henderson
"That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile."
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24 Quotes by Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson has 24 quotes on this site.
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I feared the verdict of the watch, where I either lost the race against time that day or would lose…
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In fact, the bandits steal the drinks and assistance provided along the course. Worse, they cross the finish line and…
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Speed eventually neared its peak. The records forced me to work ever harder to drop a less and less time.…
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The hours, minutes and seconds stand as visible reminders that your effort put them all there. Preserve until your next…
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The natural urge when running a distance is to push harder and finish sooner - to race against time. Every…
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The records fell easily at first. Dozens of seconds peeled away with every running of a course, and I could…
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The results would have stayed on the watch face until the batteries died. But trying to make time stand still…
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They trained mostly by time periods, checking their pace for known distance only on special occasions.
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This act demonstrates graphically a turning away the past and moving ahead. You now get to refresh your time in…
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A course never quite looks the same way twice. The combinations of weather, season, light, feelings and thoughts that you…
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Buzz has reduced my range. Running safely with him means using fewer and shorter routes, with multiple laps per day…
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His name, Buzz, fits. He can buzz along at 40 miles an hour when his genetic memory moves him.
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More Comforting Quotes
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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief;…
— Aristotle
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It's just very homey in Ireland. It's very comforting and comfortable. There's lots of fireplaces with fires. It's just really…
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Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear…
— Cecil Beaton
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I find it almost comforting to count calories, because it makes me conscious of what I'm eating. But on Super…
— Kristen Bell
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The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action.
— Felix Adler
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The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
— Aesop
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I love New York. I'm a guy for whom a New York accent is a comforting thing.
— Anthony Bourdain
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I'm pretty horrible at relationships and haven't been in many long-term ones. Leaving and moving on - returning to a…
— Carrie Brownstein
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We all lose somebody we care about and want to find some comforting way of dealing with it, something that…
— Mitch Albom
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When I'm singing 'Deanna,' for example, which I sing pretty much every night, it brings forward a kind of imagined,…
— Nick Cave
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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
— Noam Chomsky
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A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's.
— Princess Diana
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