“In science fiction, you can also test out your own realities.”
— Theodore Sturgeon
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Category: science
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“The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die.”
— Pierre de Coubertin
Author: Pierre de Coubertin
Category: power
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“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.”
— Henri Nouwen
Author: Henri Nouwen
Category: friendship
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“My dad was the manager at the 45,000-acre ranch, but he owned his own 1,200-acre ranch, and I owned four cattle that he gave to me when I graduated from grammar school, from the eighth grade. And those cows multiplied, and he kept track of them for years for me. And that was my herd.”
— Dave Brubeck
Author: Dave Brubeck
Category: dad
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