"In the beginning you likely say, 'I run.' With more confidence, you say, 'I am a runner.'"

-- Gloria Averbuch

#Running Quotes #Runners Quotes

“Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.”

Source : Oliver Sacks (2011). “Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain”, p.127, Pan Macmillan
“Killing the infidels is our religion, slaughtering them is our religion, until they convert to Islam or pay us tribute.”
“I. Don't trace out your profile-- forget your side view-- all that is outer stuff. II. Look for your other half who walks always next to you and tends to be who you aren't.”
“I think Pope Francis is our Pope Francis. I mean, the point of him is that he's a global leader, and he's trying, I think he's embracing that role.”

Source : Source: to.pbs.org
“It is a fallacy to think that carping is the strongest form of criticism: the important work begins after the artist's mistakes have been pointed out, and the reviewer can't put it off indefinitely with sneers, although some neophytes might be tempted to try: "When in doubt, stick out your tongue" is a safe rule that never cost one any readers. But there's nothing strong about it, and it has nothing to do with the real business of criticism, which is to do justice to the best work of one's time, so that nothing gets lost.”

Source : "Essays in Disguise" by Wilfrid Sheed, Knopf, (pp. xvi-xvii), 1990.
“I was painting her portrait in the little studio, and when I came to the eyes I stopped, overcome by emotion, and said to her, 'Have you understood me?' She nodded affirmatively. 'Will you be my wife?' I asked. She made the same affirmative sign.”
“Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time.”
“The ash her purple drops forgivingly And sadly, breaking not the general hush; The maple swamps glow like a sunset sea, Each leaf a ripple with its separate flush; All round the wood's edge creeps the skirting blaze, Ere the rain falls, the cautious farmer burns his brush.”

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