"Nobody's going to win all the time. On the highway of life you can't always be in the fast lane."

-- Haruki Murakami

#Acceptance Quotes #Winning Quotes #Lanes Quotes

“Our job is to ensure that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, accurately labeled for the benefit of the American consumers, and to make sure that they are in compliance with all federal laws.”

Source : "An Exclusive Interview: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.
“Some critics of racing witlessly claim that spectators only attend to see someone die. This is utter and complete nonsense. I have been at numerous races where death is present. When a driver dies, the crowd symbolically dies, too. They come to see action at the brink: ultimate risk taking and the display of skill and bravery embodied in the sport's immortals like Nuvolari, Foyt, and thousands of others who operate at the ragged edge.”
“My friends thought I was crazy, that I should wait until I was dead. But I was determined. It is easy to promise but action is different.”
“I hate crocs. May they please go away.”
“O, Heart, remember thee That Man is none, Save One.”

Source : Coventry Patmore (1906). “Poems: The unknown eros, Amelia, etc”
“Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on so long it sometimes seems that we are reaching the stage when we may have to announce ourselves to death. It is as though one needs a special strength to die, and not a final weakness.”
“There was a day when I liked writing letters -- it has gone. Unfortunately the passion for getting them remains.”
“The more you are like yourself, the less you are like anyone else which makes you unique. The problem with most people is that they spend their lives trying to emulate others and so we have lots of copies but few originals.”

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