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Gemma

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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.

“Them as can do, has to do for them as can't. And someone has to speak up for them as has no voices.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

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“Oh, I am very familiar with the internal monologue.”
― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

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“The bottom line is that you only have the rights you fight for.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

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“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.”
― Christopher McDougall, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

tags: running

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“We say the rarajipari is the game of life, ' Angel said. 'You never know how hard it will be. You never know when it will end. You can't control it. You can only adjust.”
― Christopher McDougall, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

tags: life

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