"Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better."

-- Juha Vaatainen

#Running Quotes #Stadiums Quotes #Runners Quotes

“If something scares me, then I have to do it.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Perish any man who suspects that these men either did or suffered anything unseemly.”
“One can shape history as much through the facts one omits as through the facts one includes.”
“A good man knows when to sacrifice himself, a bad man survives but loses his soul.”

Source : "The Mission Song". Book by John le Carré, 2006.
“Do you know someone you would like to change and regulate and improve? Good! That is fine. I am all in favor of it, But why not begin on yourself? From a purely selfish standpoint, that is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others - yes, and a lot less dangerous.”
“Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.”

Source : "Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos" edited by Carlos Ripoll, 1994.
“Our expanding ethnic diversity of this century, a time when we will all be minorities, offers us an invitation to create a larger memory of who we are as Americans and to re-affirm our founding principle of equality. Let's put aside fears of the disuniting of America and warnings of the clash of civilizations. As Langston Hughes sang, Let America be America, where equality is in the air we breathe.”

Source : "What does it mean to be Asian American? / The passing of Cal Prof. Ronald Takaki, who helped define the term, leads Jeff Yang to reflect on its relevance in the Age of Obama" by Jeff Yang, www.sfgate.com. June 4, 2009.
“If you don't know why you like a thing, it is usually worth your while to attempt to find out.”

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