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Rob Blackwood
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If you’re not hurting you’re not riding hard enough. If you’re not hungry you’ve eaten too much. If you’re not cold you’re carrying too many clothes. If you know you will succeed it’s too easy.
“Age is my alarm clock,” the old man said. “Why do old men wake so early? Is it to have one longer day?”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
“This "Not Today" attitude of yours is a cancer. Cancer of the character. It stunts your growth.”
― Black Swan Green
― Black Swan Green
“Be present. And if you’ve had trouble with this in the past? That’s okay. That’s the nice thing about the present. It keeps showing up to give you a second chance.”
― Stillness is the Key
― Stillness is the Key
“For the heart, life is simple: it beats for as long as it can. Then it stops.”
― Min kamp 1
― Min kamp 1
“You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.”
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Rob’s 2025 Year in Books
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