Christopher McDougall Quotes
We're designed for persistence hunting, which is a mix of running and walking. What's built into that kind of running is a sense of pleasure. You are designed and built and perfect for this activity, and it should be enjoyable and fun.
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Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and try not to make them again. That's pretty much my principle.
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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I think what 'The Monster' means to me is I find it really hard - like a lot of other people in the world - to really be OK in my own skin. It was a message to myself saying, 'It's OK that you're not perfect.' I'm gonna learn to love myself and accept myself, even though I'm a little crazy.
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After 'Lindbergh,' my publisher asked whom I wanted to write about next. I said, 'There's one idea I've been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It's Woodrow Wilson.'
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Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
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I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away.
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I think personal beliefs of everybody shape everybody.
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Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together.
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There is nothing more boring than doing singing exercises.
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Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain.
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I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.
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To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes.
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Prohibition didn't work in the Garden of Eden. Adam ate the apple.
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For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as a diplomat. If the day job demands it, I won't write at all. I write in what I call 'the crevices of my day job', and that comes only on weekends.
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When a certain swathe of India's population considers the country's ancient past, it doesn't see a country fragmented into kingdoms, savaged by caste divisions, and mired in poverty; rather, what's envisioned is a vast, unified Hindu empire stretching from Kashmir to the Indian tip at Kanyakumari.
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I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation. I'm an escapist kind of writer.
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What's so funny about cats is that they have this kind of aloof, superior vibe to them. Even if you love them, they are unpredictable. Dogs are more social, and the way that they attach and bond to us is much more human.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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A good documentary or educational film is not raw experience. The material has passed the mill of reason, it has been sifted and interpreted.
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I think Douglas was a real one-off. He was so clever and so intelligent and so well read in real science that he could make science fiction work as well as it did. And just such fun to have around, he was just such a lovely man.
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Those who have a well-ordered character lead also a well-ordered life.
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I follow my own head. And if I'm determined to do something, then I'll make sure that I make it happen.
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I tend to take things personally. But I can only take so much, and then I jump back. I have strong survival skills.
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We're designed for persistence hunting, which is a mix of running and walking. What's built into that kind of running is a sense of pleasure. You are designed and built and perfect for this activity, and it should be enjoyable and fun.
