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“My skill didn't lie in planning battles, only in fighting them.”

Book:Outpost

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Outpost

This book explores themes of survival, isolation, and the human condition in a distant, uncharted environment. more

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Ann Aguirre

Ann Aguirre, born on August 27, 1970, is a renowned science fiction and fantasy author from the United States. Her works are known for their unique worldviews and rich imagination, which have won her a dedicated fan base. more

“Oh yes, I dated Orson Welles. We had many encounters on both coasts. I remember the first time he saw me in a boudoir, in a negligee, he said in that wondrous voice of his, ‘Magnificent Carcass.’ ‘MAGNIFICENT CARCASS?’ I thought to myself. Whatever, I didn't see that one coming. But that's really all I want to say about Orson. I don't want to go into how he gave me the Clap.”

Want Firsts Said Remember Voice Saws First Time Encounters Magnificent Coast Wondrous Boudoir

Author:Maila Nurmi

“If you want to be a top athlete you have to be a little bit wild, not be an accountant.”

Ifs Want Littles Bits Little Bit Athlete Accountants

Author:Renato Canova

“For me, running is a lifestyle and an art. I'm far more interested in the magic of it than the mechanics. It's that interest and exploration that make running fun for me. It's easy to become outcome-focused; for me the unfoldment of self is what is meaningful in running and outlasts any medals.”

Art Self Running Fun Easy Interest Magic Focused Meaningful Lifestyle Outcomes Exploration Mechanic Medal

Author:Lorraine Moller

“Throw away your 10-function chronometer, heart-rate monitor with the computer printout, training log, high-tech underwear, pace charts, and laboratory-rat-tested-air-injected-gel-lined-mo-tion-control-top-of-the-line footwear. Run with your own imagination.”

Heart Running Imagination Lines Air Computer Training Function Rate Pace Rats Tested Laboratory Underwear Footwear Heart Rate

Author:Lorraine Moller

“Thanks to the race-day adrenaline rush, any pace will feel easier than normal. So make a conscious effort to hold back in the early miles.”

Feels Effort Race Easier Normal Conscious Miles Thanks Pace Adrenaline Adrenaline Rush Race Day

Author:Lorraine Moller

“People reared in workhouses, as you are aware, are no great acquisition to the community and they have no ideas whatsoever of civic responsibilities. As a rule their highest aim is to live at the expense of the ratepayers. Consequently, it would be a decided gain if they all took it into their heads to emigrate. When they go abroad they are thrown on their own responsibilities and have to work whether they like it or not.”

People Ifs Ideas Would Be Community Responsibility Highest Gains Decided Aim No Idea Thrown Expenses Acquisition Civics Civic Responsibility Workhouses

Author:W. T. Cosgrave

“On balance, the financial system subracts value from society”

Values Balance Financial Financial System

Author:John C. Bogle

“The grim irony of investing, then, is that we investors as a group not only don't get what we pay for, we get precisely what we don't pay for. So if we pay for nothing, we get everything.”

Ifs Pay Groups Investing Irony Investors Grim

Book:The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns

Source: The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns

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