"The most important thing I learned [from running] is that there is only one runner in this race, and that is me."

--

George A. Sheehan

#Running Quotes #Race Quotes #Important Quotes

“I think there has to be an underlying sexuality. There has to be a perverseness to the clothes. There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance. It's like a Story of O. I am not big on women looking naive. There has to be a sinister aspect, whether it's melancholy of sadomasochist. I think everyone has a deep sexuality, and sometimes it's good to use a little of it-and sometimes a lot of it-like a masquerade.”
“Experience is a good school. But the fees are high.”
“Shakespeare again. Once you let him into your head, he takes up tenancy and will not leave.”
“The only person to ever look good in the back of a 4-seater convertible was Adolf Hitler”
“Some people think that macrobiotic philosophy is no more than the teaching of a diet - the eating of brown rice, carrots, and gomashio (sesame salt), others imagine that it is summed up in the statement, "Don't eat cake and sugar." How far from the truth!”

Source : "Essential Ohsawa: From Food to Health, Happiness to Freedom - Understanding the Basics of Macrobiotics". Book edited by Carl Ferré and Herman Aihara, p. 82, 1994.
“Demagogues always do well in economic downturns.”

Source : "US warned to be wary of wingnuts". "The World Today" with Eleanor Hall, www.abc.net.au. February 17, 2010.
“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.”

Source : In Aphorisms from his Bedside Teachings (1961) p. 105
“I love being able to wear dresses and clothes that make me feel feminine and beautiful, and I love the fact that I don't have to all the time; I can wear a tank and jeans.”

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