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“When I run in Ethiopia, I look out and see eucalyptus trees and rivers.”

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Ethiopian long-distance runner widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes in the history of long-distance running. He has won numerous Olympic, World Championship, and World Marathon Majors titles. more

“There's a dark side to each and every human soul. We wish we were Obi-Wan Kenobi, and for the most part we are, but there's a little Darth Vader in all of us. Thing is, this ain't no either or proposition. We're talking about dialectics, the good and the bad merging into us. You can run but you can't hide. My experience? Face the darkness, stare it down. Own it. As brother Nietzsche said, being human is a complicated gig. Give that old dark night of the soul a hug! Howl the eternal yes!”

“Eating at a new, highly recommended restaurant is like a Very Important Blind Date, a contract with uncertainty you enter into with great expectation battling the cynicism of experience. You sit waiting, wondering about the upcoming moments of revelation. Somewhere in the back of your head is the dour warning that disappointment is inevitable but you don't really believe it or you wouldn't be there. The best eaters are always optimists.”

“I don't know that cell phones are dangerous. But I don't know that they are safe.”

Knows Dangerous Safe Phones Cells Cell Phone

Author:Devra Davis

“Disco is a major influence in the world of fashion. It is a dynamic factor in contemporary advertising. It is a message from every consumer that there has been a rediscovery of America's greatest by-product: fun.”

World Has Beens America Fun Influence Fashion Products Majors Messages Contemporary Factors Advertising Consumers Disco Rediscovery

Author:Neil Bogart

“I see myself on the cover of a magazine and I don't think that it looks like me at all. My first-ever photo shoot was for the cover of a lads' magazine.”

Thinking Firsts Looks Like Me Magazines Lad Photo Shoots

Author:Elize du Toit

“Man is homo religiosus, by 'nature' religious: as much as he needs food to eat or air to breathe, he needs a faith for living.”

Men Needs Religious Air Breathe

Book:Protestant, Catholic, Jew: An Essay in American Religious Sociology

Source: Protestant, Catholic, Jew: An Essay in American Religious Sociology

“The Democratic Party had no idea how to use the Internet. They treated it like free money and then kept on doing all the rest of the things they normally do.”

Ideas Use Party Internet Democratic Treated No Idea Democratic Party Free Money

Author:Wes Boyd

“He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me.”

Ifs Wanted Remember Father Difficult Beats Angry Runners Catch Me

Author:Haile Gebrselassie

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