"To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind."

-- Jerome Drayton

#Inspirational Quotes #Motivational Quotes #Running Quotes

“She saw him the first day on board, and then her heart sank into her shoes as she realized at last how much she wanted him. No matter what his past was, no matter what he had done. Which was not to say that she would ever let him know, but only that he moved her chemically more than anyone she had ever met, that all other men seemed pale beside him.”
“I wanted to be a scientist. I did a thesis on lions. But I realised photography can show things writing can't. Lions were my professor of photography.”

Source : "Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand's best shot" by Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2009.
“My mustrious lordship, i'll show you what a woman can do”
“Through lack of education, we're not teaching kids to read and write. So there is the danger that you raise up a generation of morons.”
“I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music.”
“Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.”
“I think comedians get too much credit or too much criticism for the style of comedy they do, and they generally do the style of comedy that works for them. There's no kind of shrewd calculation going into the type of standup we all do. It's like David Cross is supposed to be doing the David Cross' type of standup.”
“Flowers are the free throw of love. You're looking for the clutch three-pointer from downtown.”

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