Noel Carroll famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Independence is the outstanding characteristic of the runner.
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Running is the classical road to self-consciousness, self-awareness, and self-reliance.
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If people were possessed by reason, running marathons would never work. But we are not creatures of reason. We are creatures of passion.
-- Noel Carroll
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By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used to do when it was younger, but moved more slowly. For it knew now where it was going, and it said to itself, “There is no hurry. We shall get there some day.†But all the little streams higher up in the Forest went this way and that, quickly, eagerly, having so much to find out before it was too late.
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The rain is plentious but, by God's decree, Only a third is meant for you and me; Two-thirds are taken by the growing things Or vanish Heavenward on vapour's wings: Nor does it mathematically fall With social equity on one and all. The population's habit is to grow In every region where the water's low: Nature is blamed for failings that are Man's, And well-run rivers have to change their plans.
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Saint George killed the last dragon, and he was called a hero for it. I've never seen a dragon, and I wish he would have left at least one. Saint Patrick made a name for himself by running the snakes out of Ireland, leaving the place vulnerable to rodent infestation. This business of making saints out of men who exterminate their fellow creatures has got to stop. All I'm saying is, it's starting to get a little lonely up here at the top of the food chain.
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Away with the idea of getting independence first, and looking for liberty afterwards... Our liberties, once lost, may be lost forever.
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The attributes of sovereignty are now enjoyed by every state in the Union.
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Align yourself with outstanding strategic partners.
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I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition.
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Everyone's pet is the most outstanding. This begets mutual blindness.
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I don't want a lot of good investments; I want a few outstanding ones.
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Our party's most outstanding mediocrity.
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