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“Either you have your dreams or you live your dreams.”

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Zoe Koplowitz is a notable figure in an unknown field, born on September 12, 1948. Her life story and achievements are not well-documented. more

“To be a runner is to learn continual life lessons. To be a coach is not just to teach these lessons but also to feel them in the core of your marrow. The very act of surpassing personal limits in training and racing will bend the mind and body toward a higher purpose for the rest of my runners' lives. Settling for mediocrity-settling instead of pushing-those who learn to be the best version of themselves know the secret to a full life.”

Source: To Be a Runner: How Racing Up Mountains, Running with the Bulls, or Just Taking On a 5-K Makes You a Better Person (and the World a Better Place)

“My goal is to make furniture that people can be comfortable living with. If you’re not preoccupied with making an impact with your designs, chances are something that looks good today will look good tomorrow.”

People Ifs Looks Today Goal Chance Design Tomorrow Comfortable Impact Furniture Chances Are

Author:Sam Maloof

“I try to make my things aesthetically pleasing; but, if it isn’t functional, people will ‘oo’ and ‘aah’ over it in an exhibit but they won’t buy it. … My feeling is a chair has to be functional and comfortable for tall and short alike.”

People Ifs Trying Feelings Comfortable Chairs Over It Tall Exhibits

Author:Sam Maloof

“Whatever I'm working on, I get excited. It does not matter whether I have done the same piece many times. I still can't wait to get out to the shop in the morning.”

Doe Stills Matter Done Waiting Morning Pieces Excited Shops

Author:Sam Maloof

“Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal.”

People Winning Goal Common Groups Team Amount Madness Distraction Common Goal Winning Team

Author:Larry Dixon

“There’s a lot of work being done today that doesn’t have any soul in it. The technique may be the utmost perfection, yet it is lifeless. It doesn’t have a soul. I hope my furniture has a soul to it.”

May Soul Done Today Perfection Technique Furniture Being Done Lifeless

Author:Sam Maloof

“The reverence that the object maker has for the materials, for the shape, and for the miracle of his skill transcends to God, the Master Craftsman, the Creator of all things, who uses us, our hands, as His tools to make these beautiful things.”

Use Hands Beautiful Objects Materials Masters Shapes Skills Tools All Things Miracle Creator Makers Reverence Beautiful Things Craftsman

Author:Sam Maloof

“I was bruised, but I wasn’t broken.”

Broken Bruised

Author:Sheryl Underwood

“What the artist must aim at above all else is this: to produce, by any process whatever, a work which by the life and humanity emanating from it communicates to the beholder . . . .”

Artist Humanity Process Produce Aim Communicate Beholder

Author:Medardo Rosso

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