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Book cover for Funny Girl
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.
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Terry Pratchett
“Lu-Tze had long considered that everything happens for a reason, except possibly football.”
Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

Christopher McDougall
“We've got a motto here-you're tougher than you think you are, and you can do more than you think you can.”
Christopher McDougall, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Christopher McDougall
“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

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

Christopher McDougall
“Make friends with pain, and you will never be alone.~Ken Chlouber, Colorado miner and creator of the Leadville Trail 100 mile race”
Christopher McDougall, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
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