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I was not talented enough to run and smile at the same time


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If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.

If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.



An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.

An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.



A runner must run with dreams in his heart.

A runner must run with dreams in his heart.



There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race.

There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race.



It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.



Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.

Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.



Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.

Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.



Men, today we die a little.

Men, today we die a little.



Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.

Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.



What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come.

What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come.





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Never stand on one spot, always be doing something in line with your calling

Never stand on one spot, always be doing something in line with your calling



It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.

It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.



The Republicans, in the various arguments, repeat exactly the same phrases one after another, with no sense of embarrassment, no sense of shame, no sense of intellectual integrity.

The Republicans, in the various arguments, repeat exactly the same phrases one after another, with no sense of embarrassment, no sense of shame, no sense of intellectual integrity.



Gone, glimmering through the dream of things that were.

Gone, glimmering through the dream of things that were.



Man's love is of man's life a part; it is a woman's whole existence. In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.

Man's love is of man's life a part; it is a woman's whole existence. In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.



Artificial intelligence is the science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by men.

Artificial intelligence is the science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by men.



Why be so nasty and so rude, when I can be so fierce and so successful.

Why be so nasty and so rude, when I can be so fierce and so successful.



I guess I probably took New York for granted. Growing up, playing in the street, going down to the Avenue to the record store and to the grocery store and stuff like that.

I guess I probably took New York for granted. Growing up, playing in the street, going down to the Avenue to the record store and to the grocery store and stuff like that.



Praise the child, and you make love to the mother.

Praise the child, and you make love to the mother.




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