"When you see runners in town is easy to distinguish beginners from veterans. The ones panting are beginners; the ones with quiet, measured breathing are the veterans. Their hearts, lost in thought, slowly tick away time. When we pass each other on the road, we listen to the rhythm of each other's breathing, and sense the way the other person is ticking away the moments."

-- Haruki Murakami

#Heart Quotes #Breathing Quotes #Way Quotes

“Take noise-cancelling headphones, a good book, and wear comfy clothes.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“As a 9th grader, I competed with the high school kids and out of 600 people, I finished 10th.”
“Mills insisted that a sociologist's proper subject was the intersection of biography and history.”

Source : Todd Gitlin (2013). “The Intellectuals and the Flag: Reclaiming the American Liberal Tradition”, p.28, Columbia University Press
“My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don't speak English.”
“That game was dedicated to Rick Adelman. I'm at home, in the bathroom, trying to take a dump, flipping through the channels and he's complaining (on TV) about how I'm stepping over the line. I can't even do a No. 2 in peace. I'm sitting there grunting at 12:30 at night. Can I go one day without somebody saying something negative about me?”
“This is the point. One technology doesn't replace another, it complements. Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.”
“If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word - prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.”
“They are going to leave [Gaza], not because this is a gift from Israel. This is because they failed to confront our people, so don't describe their withdrawal from here...as a gift for the Palestinians. This is because they are defeated here. HAMAS will never recognize the existence of a Jewish State in the region.”

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