"Each climber loses one finger or toe once in a while. This is a small but important reason for Polish climbers success. Western climbers haven't lost as many fingers or toes."

-- Wanda Rutkiewicz

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“We used to have our own plane with the band's name on the side. It was a dream come true. You drive to a local airport. There's none of this checking in stuff; you just get on the plane.”

Source : "Me and my travels". Interview with Jon Bennett, www.theguardian.com. May 31, 2008.
“Let go of me or slow down," she demanded as she tried to keep pace with him. He slowed down. "I swear to God, you try the patience of a saint." "You aren't a saint, Brodick, no matter what your mother might have told you.”
“That's what so sad about a lot of modern music, in my opinion, so many young bands never stay around long enough to fulfill their ultimate promise. They only get halfway there or a quarter of the way there.”
“God does not delay to hear our prayers because He has no mind to give; but that, by enlarging our desires, He may give us the more largely.”
“Children are gleeful barbarians.”
“Recovery is an important word and a vital concept. It means renewal of life and energy. Knowing how and when to recover may prove to be the most important skill in your life.”

Source : James E. Loehr (1994). “Toughness training for life: a revolutionary program for maximizing health, happiness, and productivity”, Plume Books
“Sometimes I screw up in the game, I miss a shot or I miss a rebound, and I fight myself. I am like, 'Why I miss that shot? Come on, what are you doing?' I am fighting myself.”
“The impulse to connect the dots - and to share what you've connected - is the urge that makes you an artist”

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