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It makes one realize that the physicality if our world is a boundary to us only if our will is weak a true champion can accomplish things that a normal person would think impossible.

Garth Stein

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Garth Stein
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: December 6
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In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller.
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In Seattle we live among the trees and the waterways, and we feel we are rocked gently in the cradle of life. Our winters are not cold and our summers are not hot and we congratulate ourselves for choosing such a spectacular place to rest our heads.
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Those monkey-thumbs were meant for dogs. Give me my thumbs, you fu**ing monkeys!
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And I wonder: Have I squandered my dogness? Have I forsaken my nature for my desires? Have I made a mistake by anticipating my future and shunning my present?
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Racing is about discipline and intelligence, not about who has the heavier foot. The one who drives smart will always win in the end.
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I suddenly realized. The zebra. It is not something outside of us. The zebra is something inside of us. Our fears. Our own self-destructive nature. The zebra is the worst part of us when we are face-to-face with our worst times. The demon is us!
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Anyone who has a dog knows that they have some very deep thoughts, that they have moods and emotions, they get their feelings hurt. It's not a far reach to give them opinions and values and long-term desires.
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We are all afforded our physical existence so we can learn about ourselves.
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That which we manifest is before us.
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That which is around me does not affect my mood my mood affects that which is around me.
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It’s so hard to communicate because there are so many moving parts. There’s presentation and there’s interpretation and they’re so dependent on each other it makes things very difficult.
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That which we manifest is before us we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.
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Very gently. Like there are eggshells on your pedals, and you don’t want to break them. That’s how you drive in the rain.
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But what is worse, smelling the roast and not feasting, or not smelling the roast at all?
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This is a rule of racing: No race has ever been won in the first corner many have been lost there.
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So what if man's body evolved from the monkeys? Whether he came from monkeys or fish is unimportant. The important idea is that when the body became human enough, the first human soul slipped into it.
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He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.
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Here is why I will be a good person. Because I listen. I cannot speak so I listen very well. I never interrupt, I never deflect the course of the conversation with a comment of my own. ...I beg of you, pretend you are a dog like me and LISTEN to other people rather than steal their stories.
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The human language, as precise as it is with its thousands of words, can still be so wonderfully vague.
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