Funny Girl
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What a terrible thing an education was, he thought, if it produced the kind of mind that despised entertainment and the people who valued it.
“Lu-Tze had long considered that everything happens for a reason, except possibly football.”
― Thief of Time
― Thief of Time
“We've got a motto here-you're tougher than you think you are, and you can do more than you think you can.”
― Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
― Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
“But you can't muscle through a five-hour run that way; you have to relax into it like easing your body into a hot bath, until it no longer resists the shock and begins to enjoy it.”
― Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
― Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
“The bottom line is that you only have the rights you fight for.”
― The 4-Hour Workweek
― The 4-Hour Workweek
“Make friends with pain, and you will never be alone.~Ken Chlouber, Colorado miner and creator of the Leadville Trail 100 mile race”
― Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
― Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
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