"At first an ordeal and then an accomplishment, the daily run becomes a staple, like bread, or wine, a fine marriage, or air. It is also a free pass to friendship."

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Source : Benjamin Cheever (2007). “Strides: Running Through History with an Unlikely Athlete”, p.16, Rodale

Benjamin Cheever

#Running Quotes #Wine Quotes #Air Quotes

“A picture should be looked at - not talked about.”
“There is something very attractive about blonds, especially for brunettes. Its been said that blonds are loved and brunettes do the loving.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“In 'Tarahumara' land, there was no crime, war or theft. There was no corruption, obesity, drug addiction, greed, wife-beating, child abuse, heart disease, high blood pressure, or carbon emissions. They didn't get diabetes, or depressed, or even old: 50-year-olds outran teenagers.”

Source : Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.14, Profile Books
“I didn't find my friends; the good Lord gave them to me.”
“Don't think for a minute that bad publicity and endless criticism don't leave their claw marks on everyone concerned. Your friends try to cheer you up by saying lightly, "I suppose you get used to it, and ignore it." You try. You try damned hard. But you never get used to it. It always wounds and hurts.”
“There are three states of legality in Irish law. There is all this stuff which comes under That's grand, then it moves into Ah now don't push it, and finally it comes under Right now you're takin the piss, and that's when the police come in.”
“The artist is not a man who describes, but a man who feels.”
“Whatever the ups and downs of detail within our limited experience, the larger whole is primarily beautiful.”

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