"A fight forms a powerful and strange bond between men."

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Source : Matthew Polly (2011). “Tapped Out: Rear Naked Chokes, the Octagon, and the Last Emperor: An Odyssey in Mixed Martia l Arts”, p.203, Penguin

Matthew Polly

#Powerful Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Men Quotes

“Pravin Tambe is bigger inspiration than me for young cricketers”
“I have an idea that conscience impedes quite as many merits as faults, is a sort of alloy, a nickel which may prevent silver from bending but also prevents it from shining.”
“I always tried to raise money for the Black Panthers through business schemes.”
“I did interviews with most of the TechCrunch50 experts backstage and there was a common gripe about the companies launching there: Not enough passion, not enough swinging for the fences, not enough trying to change the world... One big exception was CitySourced - a company that excited Kevin Rose precisely because it was trying to build something that doesn't really exist today and would make a huge difference in people's lives. It was the most excited I saw an expert about anything over the two-day event.”
“As soon as the Gospels were written, speech without experience began to dabble with the new facts proposed by the existence of the Church. People tried to think the new life without being touched by it first in some form of call, listening, passion or change of heart.”

Source : Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (1978). “The Fruit of Lips: Of Why Four Gospels?”, p.85, Wipf and Stock Publishers
“Disarmament by war and democracy by occupation are difficult prospects.”
“Once you want something, everything changes. Now I want everything. More and more and more.”
“I believe you'll develop speed via strength work which includes hill running, either repeats, or running hilly courses as the Kenyans do on a steady basis”

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