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“The dash is pure body; the marathon is pure mind. The mile is body, mind and spirit. “The mile remains the classic distance,” wrote Paul Gallico, “because it calls for brains and rare judgment as well as speed, condition and courage.” And its searching third quarter requires the leap of faith that what you are doing is worth the effort.”
― Running & Being: The Total Experience
― Running & Being: The Total Experience
“of “blue funk” because”
― Trout
― Trout
“War’s a pleasure—do you hear me?—War’s a pleasure compared to what faces us now: trying to build up a peacetime with you in the middle of it.”
― Three Plays: Our Town, The Matchmaker, and The Skin of Our Teeth
― Three Plays: Our Town, The Matchmaker, and The Skin of Our Teeth
“One thing we runners know. There is no substitute for running. No matter what age we are. No matter what time we do it.”
― Running & Being: The Total Experience
― Running & Being: The Total Experience
“On the heels of their second of six eventual screen pairings in Street of Chance, stars William Powell and Kay Francis were teamed for a third time in For the Defense.”
― 11 Pre-Code Hollywood Movie Histories: Early Depression-Era Melodramas, Adaptations, and Headline Stories
― 11 Pre-Code Hollywood Movie Histories: Early Depression-Era Melodramas, Adaptations, and Headline Stories
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