"When I was younger, I used to be a high jumper before I switched to hurdles."

-- Liu Xiang

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“The Egyptians had a particularly nasty way of getting rid of people they felt had no consequence. Instead of embalming them, they simply constructed a fake mummy made from old strips of linen wrapped around a dummy of mud. If, in our modern world, you feel that there are a lot of "mud mummies" around you, get rid of the mud.”
“Most people I meet are secretly convinced that theyâ€™re a little crazier than the average person. People understand the energy necessary to maintain their own shields, but not the energy expended by other people. They understand that their own sanity is a performance, but when confronted by other people they confuse the person with the role.”

Source : Keith Johnstone (1981). “Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre”, p.83, Routledge
“All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.”
“My whole family is very sarcastic and constantly making jokes.”
“There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois.”
“I resist the urge to pump my fist. I'm not sure why, but I feel like I've just won some sort of competition worthy of headlines.”

Source : M. Leighton (2013). “Up to Me”, p.100, Penguin
“Bad sales managers push two buttons: 'more' and 'panic.' Great sales managers have one more button to push: the 'how'.”
“The dog becomes the repository of those model human properties that we have cynically ceased to find among humans. Where today can we find the full panoply of William Bennett's Book of Virtues-from Courage and Responsibility to Loyalty and Family Values-but in Lassie and Beethoven and Millie and Checkers and Spot?”

Source : Marjorie Garber (1997). “DOG LOVE”, Touchstone

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