"You can wish as hard as you like but all that really matters is the shape you're in on the day of the race. I've always felt these really big races aren't necessarily won by whoever is the fastest. They're won by the athlete who is the smartest and in the best shape on the day."

-- Paula Radcliffe

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“I'd rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort.”
“I don't really plan on working a 9-to-5 job. I want to own my own business.”
“Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.”
“Having red hair is never good when you're a kid. I was picked on a lot and didn't have a lot of friends. But I think that gave me a thick skin and helped make me a better person.”
“Romanticism implies nostalgia for damaged goods.”

Source : "Brad Mehldau's Opening, Middle And Endgame". Interview with Mike Brannon, www.allaboutjazz.com. October 7, 2003.
“Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.”
“After a while you earn that privacy is something you can sell, but you can't buy it back.”
“It takes so long to write a script, thinking to yourself, "Am I wasting my time? Am I putting everything into this thing that maybe just won't ever exist?" I always think, God, acting is so much easier. At least for acting you have the source material already.”

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