"If it comes easy, if it doesnâ€™t require extraordinary effort, youâ€™re not pushing hard enough.Â Itâ€™s supposed to hurt like hell."

-- Dean Karnazes

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“Some men's passion is for gold. some men's passion is for art. some men's passion is for fame. my passion is for souls”
“Members of weakly religious families get, of course, no religious training from any source outside the family.”
“A person is not a democrat thanks to his ignorance of literature and the arts, nor an elitist because he or she has cultivated them. The possession of knowledge makes for unjust power over others only if used for that very purpose: a physician or lawyer or clergyman can exploit or humiliate others, or he can be a humanitarian and a benefactor. In any case, it is absurd to conjure up behind anybody who exploits his educated status the existence of an "elite" scheming to oppress the rest of us.”
“Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame by worthy and honourable ways.”

Source : Francesco Guicciardini (1949). “Ricordi”
“Quite possibly there's nothing as fine as a big freight train starting across country in early summer, Hardesty thought. That's when you learn that the tragedy of plants is that they have roots.”
“The purer the golden vessel, the more readily is it bent; the higher worth of woman is sooner lost than that of man.”
“I bet Maurice Gibb's heart monitor was singing the tune of Stayin' Alive.”

Source : "Bee Gee lashes out over Norton jokes" by Julia Day, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2003.
“My suggestion to newspapers everywhere is to give the public a reason to read them again. So here's an idea: get on a big story with widespread public appeal, devote your best resources to it, say a quiet prayer, and swing for the fences.”

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