Christopher McDougall Quotes
Even Charles Darwin, that human decoder ring of bizarre behavior, found the idea of saving a stranger's life to be a total head-scratcher.
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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I've found a letter that was written to me from a girl who was getting married. And she wanted to know the secret of a happy marriage. I said - and I wrote back and said something to the effect that I couldn't - I had no magic formula. And I never sat down and thought about it, but everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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I'm not going to be a ten or twelve grand-slam winner. It's not going to happen.
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Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies in them.
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I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.
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Ultimately, I hypothesize that technology will one day be able to recreate a realistic representation of us as a result of the plethora of content we're creating converging with other advances in machine learning, robotics and large-scale data mining.
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We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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I don't bother about how people feel about me. What matters to me is how I feel about them.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.
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Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station.
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
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If you say John Smith is the greatest wrestler in Oklahoma history, now that's big.
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I had never heard of staph until I got it. Didn't really know what was. Still don't really know what it is, but I know you just don't want to have it.
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I would have loved to play Atticus in 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' There's no music in it, but it doesn't mean I wouldn't want to do it!
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Clean, sustainable energy is crucial and cannot wait.
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Smoke like a chimney, work like a horse, eat without thinking, go for a walk only in really pleasant company.
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Even Charles Darwin, that human decoder ring of bizarre behavior, found the idea of saving a stranger's life to be a total head-scratcher.
