"Doctors and scientists said breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead"

-- Roger Bannister

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“The most important thing in life is to dare. The most complicated thing in life is to be afraid. The smartest thing in the world is to try to be a moral person.”
“Greatness can never be over because you can lay it down for a minute.”

Source : "Timbaland takes mic for "Shock Value"". Interview with Gail Mitchell, www.reuters.com. February 25, 2007.
“As state and local laws mutate and change in favor of greater tolerance, perhaps cannabis will find it's proper place in the home medicine chest.”

Source : "Marijuana Compound Treats Multiple Health Issues" By Chris Kilham, www.foxnews.com. April 20, 2011.
“I come from a documentary background and my natural tendency, as a filmmaker, is to make a movie, if I have something to talk about. If it's not about anything that matters, I don't feel like doing it. I'm not against people who make movies just for fun, but I'm not one of those guys. I just want to provoke thinking and debating about certain issues.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.”
“I've always tried out my material on my dogs first. Years ago, when my red setter chewed up the manuscript of 'Of Mice and Men,' I said at the time that the dog must have been an excellent literary critic.”
“We shouldn't accept mediocrity as the best a politician can do.”
“If you can't see His way past the tears, trust His heart.”

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