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People speak of a will to live. They rarely speak of a will to die. Because people are afraid of death. Death is dark and unknown and frightening. But not for me. It is not the end.
Garth Stein
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Garth Stein
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: December 6
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Film Producer
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I’ve always felt almost human. I’ve always known that there’s something about me that’s different than other dogs. Sure, I’m stuffed into a dog’s body, but that’s just the shell. It’s what’s inside that’s important. The soul. And my soul is very human.
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I hear hundreds of years of life. I hear wind and rain and fire and beetles. I hear the seasons changing and birds and squirrels. I hear the life of the trees this wood came from.
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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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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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The sun rises every day. What is to love? Lock the sun in a box. Force the sun to overcome adversity in order to rise. Then we will cheer! I will often admire beautiful sunrise, but I will never consider the sun a champion for having risen.
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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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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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Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there.
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Those monkey-thumbs were meant for dogs. Give me my thumbs, you fu**ing monkeys!
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Did he understand, as those interminable minutes ticked by, that being alone is not the same as being lonely? That being alone is a neutral state… something that exists only in the mind, not in the world, and, like a virus, is unable to survive without a willing host?
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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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You should shine with all of your light all the time.
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I know this much about racing in the rain. I know it is about balance. It is about anticipation and patience... [it is also] about the mind! It is about owning one's body... It is about believing that you are not you you are everything. And everything is you.
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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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I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anachronistic, but I think it's worth preserving.
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The human language, as precise as it is with its thousands of words, can still be so wonderfully vague.
Garth Stein
We are the creators of our own destiny.
Garth Stein
We too, must shatter the mirrors. We must look in to ourselves and root out the distortions until that thing which we know in our hearts is perfect and true, stands before us.
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[M]emory is time folding back on itself. To remember is to disengage from the present.
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That which you manifest is before you. The visible becomes inevitable. Your car goes where your eyes go.
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