"Running is perhaps the most fundamental of all sports, and it is economically the least costly to perform. As a consequence, it is the most democratic and most competitive of all sports because individual merit can prevail despite economic equality. It is a sport for everyone, the whole world over."

-- Bernd Heinrich

#Sports Quotes #Running Quotes #Fundamentals Quotes

“I like both athletic girls and girly girls. It depends on their personality. I like girls who can go out and play sports with me and throw the football around, but you don't want a girl who's too much tougher than you. I like brainy girls who can respond to what I'm saying.”
“A spiritual organization with a hierarchical structure can convey only the consciousness of estrangement, regardless of what teachings or deep inspirations are at its root.The structure itself reinforces the idea that some people are inherently more worthy than others.”
“I have no idea what `classic anti-Semitism' is. I'm not familiar with this term. I don't know where it comes from and what connection it has to France and what is occurring here. There wasn't anti-Semitism in France. An isolated incident can always happen. When two drivers curse each other on the road, and one of them happens to be a Jew, you can't define that as anti-Semitism. In recent years - before the intifada - there were three or four incidents of anti-Semitism a year, and that's out of 18 million crimes and violations of the law.”
“To be human is to be aware of the passage of time; no concept lies closer to the core of our consciousness.”

Source : Dan Falk (2010). “In Search of Time: The History, Physics, and Philosophy of Time”, p.3, Macmillan
“When i change what i see, i change what i feel”
“The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.”
“I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my books enjoyable and want to continue to read them.”
“I studied opera, and when I left conservatory I told myself I would never sing in public again.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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