“On one occasion, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jeremy Irons and myself were due to appear at the Sarajevo film festival and were turned off a UN plane on orders from Geneva. We had to get local journalists to transport the films in for us. I tell you this only to demonstrate that festivals can be a lifeline. But, after all the difficulties I'd had in getting there, in 1996 I found myself being flown in on a four-seater RAF plane as an official guest, endorsed by the British Embassy. Ironically, the film I was to present was Mission: Impossible.” FilmOrderFoundFourImpossibleDifficultyMissionsBritishDuesLocalsOccasionsJournalistPlanesOfficialsIronGuestsFestivalsTransportGenevaTurned OffEmbassyFilm FestivalsLifelinesDaniel Day LewisMission ImpossibleRaf Author:Vanessa Redgrave
“People used to call me Bond in the street. It was impossible to avoid crowds of people all over the place and blinding flashguns. The Beatles had to run the gauntlet as well, but at least there were four of them!” PeopleWellsRunningUsedFourImpossibleStreetsCrowdsCall MeGauntlet Author:Sean Connery
“It is easy to shield the outer body from poisoned arrows, but it is impossible to shield the mind from the poisoned darts that originate within itself. Greed, anger, foolishness and the infatuations of egoism - these four poisoned darts originate within the mind and infect it with deadly poison.” MindBodyFearEasyFourImpossibleGreedPoisonFoolishnessInfatuationArrowsShieldsEgoismDarts Author:Albert Camus
“I don't know if there's a proper way to define toughness in a runner, but I do know that there comes a sudden moment when the mindset shifts. The impossible becomes doable, or at least attemptable. The long run goes from two miles to four to ten to fifteen, until it becomes routine at some point deep in an intense training cycle to knock off a couple hours without giving it a thought.” IfsKnowsWayGivingLongTwoMomentsRunningHoursFourImpossibleCoupleTenTrainingMindsetMilesIntenseCyclesRoutineLong RunsFifteenRunnersToughnessIntense Training Author:Martin Dugard
“I went to extreme measures to achieve my goals, from strapping heavy sandbags on my ankles, hopping on one leg, up and down four flights of stairs at 5 am to practice my turns in front of the candle light when others are asleep. I felt like that I had climbed many tall mountains and made so many impossible dreams come true through sheer determination, perseverance, passion, self conviction and belief.” MadeSelfDreamLightTurnsPassionBeliefFeltGoalPracticeFourImpossibleAchieveFrontsMountainDeterminationPerseveranceConvictionHeavyExtremesLegsFlightTallCandleSheerDreams Come TrueUp And DownStairsAnklesDetermination PerseveranceImpossible DreamHoppingCandle Lights Author:Li Cunxin