"I received a phone call from the chief executive of my principal sponsor [Marlboro], who actually told me that it would be in the interests of the sport if I started to lose races. Which, I mean, just blew my mind."

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Source : Source: www.caranddriver.com

Ron Dennis

#Sports Quotes #Mean Quotes #Phones Quotes

“A flower can't choose the place where it blooms, and a child can't choose the parents she's born to”
“A girl conceived in China has to run an eerie kind of gauntlet if she is to survive. many parents will use the ultrasound technique. and, if it reveals. a girl, they'll abort her. If it reveals the baby is a boy, they'll celebrate.”
“Most higher education is devoted to affirming the traditions and origins of an existing elite and transmitting them to new members.”

Source : Mary Catherine Bateson (2001). “Composing a Life”, p.71, Grove Press
“That which you are looking for may be calling you to seek.”

Source : Phil Cousineau (2012). “The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred”, p.25, Conari Press
“Stanley Kubrick went with his gut feeling: he directed 'Dr. Strangelove' as a black comedy. The film is routinely described as a masterpiece.”
“Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.”
“Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.”
“When you're threatened, or something hard hits you, acknowledge it, embrace it. Don't pretend that you didn't get hurt - hurt, cry, think about it. And then you let it go and try something else.”

Source : "Transforming Teresa" By Gail Sheehy, www.motherjones.com. July/August 2004.

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