"We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us."

-- Charles Bukowski

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“We have concluded that the rocks here were once soaked in liquid water. It changed their texture, and it changed their chemistry. We've been able to read the tell-tale clues the water left behind, giving us confidence in that conclusion.”
“Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their family and community lives.”
“But you know, our show is our show, and it's not for everybody.”
“The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.”
“When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can't see that from the outside. In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. I pushed like mad, yet everyone was gathered around the winner and they were thinking that I was just trundling around. But that's motor racing. So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I did some pretty crazy stuff that I never thought I would do, for the sake of a movie, like surfing in eight-foot waves in pitch-black darkness, where I can't see anything. That still haunts me, kind of, in my nightmares, but it was worth it, it was fun.”

Source : "EXCLUSIVE: Leven Rambin Talks Chasing Mavericks Blu-ray" by Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. March 01, 2013.
“In life as in football, fall forward when you fall.”

Source : Arthur Guiterman (1924). “A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets”, New York, E.P. Dutton [1924]
“I've never formally trained in acting, so I'm very instinctual and visceral with decisions.”

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