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Only recently have we come up with the technology to turn lazing around into a way of life. We've taken our sinewy, durable, hunter-gatherer bodies and plunked them into an artificial world of leisure.
Christopher McDougall
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Christopher McDougall
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 24
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Make friends with pain, and you will never be alone.~Ken Chlouber, Colorado miner and creator of the Leadville Trail 100 mile race
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The only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and geneticist will tell you, is to love it.
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