"Athletics is in my blood."

-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Blood Quotes #Athletics Quotes

“We felt the imprisonment of being a girl, the way it made your mind active and dreamy, and how you ended up knowing which colors went together. We knew that the girls were our twins, that we all existed in space like animals with identical skins, and that they knew everything about us though we couldnâ€™t fathom them at all. We knew, finally, that the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them.”
“I think it's hard, the fact that there's a certain age that we can't have kids anymore.”
“If you neglect your blogs they don't take up much time.”

Source : Source: keeperofthesnails.blogspot.com
“To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.”

Source : "Ewan McGregor & Mike Mills Talk The Sadness, Humor & Joy Of ‘Beginners’" by Sean Gillane, www.indiewire.com. June 4, 2011.
“Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.”
“One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it.”
“Human beings are pattern-seeking animals. It's part of our DNA. That's why conspiracy theories and gods are so popular: we always look for the wider, bigger explanations for things.”

Source : "God's Still Dead" by Christopher Hitchens, www.slate.com. August 20, 2007.
“Nature is a mere pretext for a decorative composition, plus sentiment. It suggests emotion, and I translate that emotion into art.”

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