"(On returning to Austin to run at his collegiate stadium) It is almost like coming home with the crowd, the people, and it just brings it home for me. For me, it is a very special place, it is great energy, and again I always seem to run very well here. So I love coming back."

-- Leonel Manzano

#Running Quotes #Athlete Quotes #Home Quotes

“You know, I started this process of being a football player and I'm going to make it to the NFL very soon and I plan on finishing that. And by 'finishing that,' I mean that I'm going to go out and be the best that I can be and put everything forth to make that happen.”
“Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.”
“I was born to argue... I don't know why. I mean, from arguing with my teachers and, on occasions, my parents. I think I've mastered the art of argument at a fairly young age.”
“I am not happy with moral victories. Those things are forgotten.”
“I think, generally, the flawed anti-hero is much more interesting than the normal hero, and that's really what we're talking about here as it relates to outlaws or renegades.”
“If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them?”

Source : Francis Parker Yockey (2013). “Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics”, p.80, The Palingenesis Project (Wermod and Wermod Publishing Group)
“I am entirely on the side of mystery. I mean, any attempt to explain away the mystery is ridiculous. I believe in the profound and unfathomable mystery of life which has a sort of divine quality about it.”
“As long as the human race is able to concern itself with more than mere survival, soccer will have its place.”

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