"There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose."

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Source : Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

Garth Stein

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“I don't believe in lobbying only progressives and liberal members of Congress. I don't believe in doing interviews only with those who share my views. I want to reach a wider audience.”
“The partisans of eugenic planning hear that other music, the music that says that there shall be nothing random in the world, nothing independent, nothing moved by its own vitality, nothing out of keeping with some idea: even our children must not be our progeny, but our creation.”
“He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.”
“Me, I walk along and feel quietly defensive, a recluse in the Land of We. That's quite the loaded word, 'we.”
“One action produces a reaction; that is karma.”
“Be generous with your time and your resources and with giving credit and, especially, with your words. It's so much easier to be a critic than a celebrator. Always remember there is a human being on the other end of every exchange and behind every cultural artifact being critiqued. To understand and be understood, those are among life's greatest gifts, and every interaction is an opportunity to exchange them.”

Source : "Happy Birthday, Brain Pickings: 7 Things I Learned in 7 Years of Reading, Writing, and Living". www.brainpickings.org. October 23, 2013.
“I'm not a nightclub person, but you need to have a social life sometimes.”
“Education, the great mumbo jumbo and fraud of the age purports to equip us to live and is prescribed as a universal remedy for everything from juvenile delinquency to premature senility.”

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