"Twisting through the thorn-thick underbrush, scratched and exhausted, one turns suddenly to find an unexpected waterfall, not half a mile from the nearest road, a spot so hard to reach that no one comes a hiding place, a shrine for dragonflies and nesting jays, a sign that there is still one piece of property that won't be owned."

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Source : Dana Gioia (2016). “99 Poems: New & Selected”, p.47, Macmillan

Dana Gioia

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“Le Mans takes the best out of everyone. Winning is important but it's not everything. It's such a big and great event in motorsport. You do more kilometres in that one race than Formula One do in a season, and probably a higher average speed. We average about 220km/h including pit stops and cover nearly 5000km.”

Source : "Off the clock: Tom Kristensen interview". Interview with Eric Thompson, www.nzherald.co.nz. July 23, 2011.
“I have never heard a doping offender say he felt good about doing it. Not a single one. Some athletes justify their actions by saying it enabled them to afford a bigger house or a better car. But they are never really happy. They know that they are not real winners.”
“At certain moments, words are nothing; it is the tone in which they are uttered.”

Source : "Cosmopolis". Ch. 5 "Countess Steno". Book by Paul Bourget, 1892.
“The idea of a perfect vacation is not working or not having to work and having no appointments.”
“Give me ten truly detached men. and I will convert the world with them.”
“God is not pleased by blood â€“ and not acting reasonably is contrary to God's nature. Faith is born of the soul, not the body. Whoever would lead someone to faith needs the ability to speak well and to reason properly, without violence and threats... To convince a reasonable soul, one does not need a strong arm, or weapons of any kind, or any other means of threatening a person with death...”
“The act of collaboration must start with dialogue. You cannot build relationships without having an understanding of your potential partners, and you cannot achieve that understanding without a special form of communication that goes beyond ordinary conversation.”
“When the bell tolls three times, it will announce that I have been killed. If I am killed by common men, you and your children will rule Russia for centuries to come; if I am killed by one of your stock, you and your family will be killed by the Russian people! Pray Tsar of Russia. Pray.”

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