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“Trust and respect are two-way streets. We want the horse to accept us as leaders of the herd, to guide them safely and to provide protection and comfort. In return, they will give us their respect, and willing submission to our ideas about what to do next, and when and where. But this respect can only be based on well deserved trust.”
Source : Walter Zettl (1998). “Dressage in Harmony: From Basic to Grand Prix”, p.33, Trafalgar Square Books
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“Much of life becomes background, but it is the province of art to throw buckets of light into the shadows and make life new again.”
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“By not asking too much, you can believe in almost anything..like..a starry night in the mountains, or even the existence of fate.”
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“All living beings, things that move, are equally important, whether they are human beings, dogs, birds, fish, trees, ants, weeds, rivers, wind or rain. To stay healthy and strong, life must have clean air, clear water and pure food. If deprived of these things, life will cycle to the next level, or as the system says, 'die'.”
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“There is a missionary spirit—a spirit which urges us to live outside ourselves and to be concerned for the welfare of others.”
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“The single most important condition for literacy learning is the presence of mentors who are joyfully literate people.”
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“When I was in the fourth grade, I became intensely interested in geography and I learned it well.”
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“There were probably about five games in my career where everything was moving in slow motion and you could be out there all day, totally in the zone, and you don't even know where you are on the field, everything is just totally blocked out.”
Source : "Lawrence Taylor: Getting Blitzed". Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. May 31, 2005.