"Only the most saintly and delusional among us welcomes all pain as challenge, perceives all loss as harsh blessing."

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Source : Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman (2012). “Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness”, p.4, A&C Black

Scott Jurek

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“The caliber of actors I'm getting to work with and learn from on a daily basis is phenomenal for me as a developing actor.”

Source : "‘The Good Wife’: Graham Phillips Stirs Up Trouble" by Chris Harnick, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 13, 2012.
“This is a great mind at work examining itself. This is where literature comes from.”
“When I don't have to do out on tour I go to church. Church is a good place to be.”

Source : Source: www.independentphilly.com
“I believe there are too many children who need loving parents to deny one group of people adoption rights. A child will benefit from a healthy, loving home, whether the parents are gay or not.”
“Our theory is, if you need the user to tell you what you're selling, then you don't know what you're selling, and it's probably not going to be a good experience.”
“The definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it generates rather than the problem itself.”

Source : "Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat". The NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. November 1, 2000.
“Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something. Each time you come out of it a little stronger, and at some point you realize there are more flavors of pain than coffee...Pain does two things: it teaches you, tells you that you're alive. Then it passes away and leaves you changed...and everything that will ever happen to you in life is going to involve it in one way or another. (pg. 282)”
“My dad doesn't get any of my jokes. He laughs at them, but he doesn't understand them. He's just laughing because people around him are laughing.”

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