"I think the proper attitude toward fighting sports is one of ambivalence. You can be drawn to them, but you should also be repelled by them."

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Source : "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.

Jonathan Gottschall

#Sports Quotes #Attitude Quotes #Fighting Quotes

“I've never been that person who wants a Rolls Royce or wants to live in a mansion or what have you.”
“The selection of a subject is to the author what choice of position is to the general,--once skilfully determined, the battle is already half won. Of a few writers it may be said that they are popular in despite of their subjects--but of a great many more it may be observed that they are popular because of them.”
“Kerouac: You're ruining American poetry, O'Hara. O'Hara: That's more than you ever did for it, Kerouac”
“I tell my kids, what is the difference between a hero and a coward? What is the difference between being yellow and being brave? No difference. Only what you do. They both feel the same. They both fear dying and getting hurt. The man who is yellow refuses to face up to what he's got to face. The hero is more disciplined and he fights those feelings off and he does what he has to do. But they both feel the same, the hero and the coward. People who watch you judge you on what you do, not how you fee.”
“How did you-" Fool your guards? They're not very good, the forgot to check the ceiling for spiders."Valek grinned. His angular face softened.”
“There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.”
“Becoming a mother is the best thing that's happened to me.”
“Ground yourself, strip yourself down, To blind loving Silence”

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