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“The picture is not a documentary, ... It's a drama that has to be crafted. Reality is not art. You have to make choices when you're trying to make something work. And the choices we make I think are accurate. There aren't any lies in it. There are assumpt”
Source : Source: sports.usatoday.com
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“A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.”
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“You see, the strangeness of my case is that now I no longer fear the invisible, I’m terrified by reality.”
Source : Jean Lorrain (2002). “Nightmares of an Ether-drinker”
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“Predictability brings about security.”
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“To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.”
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“My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.”
Source : Carl Lewis, Jeffrey Marx (1992). “Inside track: my professional life in amateur track and field”, Fireside
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“All things pass in time. We are far less significant than we imagine ourselves to be. All that we are, all that we have wrought, is but a shadow, no matter how durable it may seem. One day, when the last man has breathed his last breath, the sun will shine, the mountains will stand, the rain will fall, the streams will whisper—and they will not miss him.”
Source : Jim Butcher (2008). “Princeps' Fury”, p.418, Penguin
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“I kind of just lost track of laps. I couldn't hear a split. It was just so loud in here everyone was going nuts. I sort of felt like I was a little tired and I said, the people in front of me seem like they are falling off the lead pack a little bit. I should probably make a move. I hear ding, ding, ding, ding and I thought "oh crap! I've really got to go, I've got a lot left.”
