"-The reason we race isn't so much to beat each other but to be with each other. -The Hopis consider running a form of prayer; they offer every step as a sacrifice to a loved one, and in return ask the Great Spirit to match their strength with some of his own."

-- Christopher McDougall

#Running Quotes #Prayer Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes

“The thing about breaking up when you get older, you just don't have the steam anymore. "Oh, that's it. I can't start shaving my legs above the knee again."”
“The foundation stones of a great building are destined to groan and be pressed upon; it is not for them to crown the edifice.”
“There's very little different between the way the government operates in America and the way criminals do.”
“Despite the fact that I trust the people at major labels who tell me that they want to offer me a home as a "stable artist," who can just do what he does for the long haul, time has shown that it rarely works out that way - the bottom line is the bottom line, not mention the threat of mergers and firings and whatnot, and people get dropped.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“I hate political films that have one particular message that they're trying to convey. I think propaganda is very dangerous, and it's very easy for anything to slip into it. I also think that propaganda is something that defies the identity of cinema. I hate propaganda in cinema, even if it was promoting the political stance that I myself am allied with. I always say that the responsibility of a film is first and foremost: To be a film. It's not a manifesto, it's not an op-ed.”
“It might be a bad thing, not to know what's going on in the world. I can't say I really approve of it.”
“Regardless of what we go through in life, there is always purpose wrapped within the pain.”

Source : O.J. Brigance, Peter Schrager (2013). “Strength of a Champion: Finding Faith and Fortitude Through Adversity”, p.136, Penguin
“Eventually everyone has to die, except Elvis.”

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