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Michel de Montaigne Philosopher, Writer
Running

"Men do not know the natural infirmity of their mind: it does nothing but ferret and quest, and keeps incessantly whirling around, building up and becoming entangled in its own work, like silkworms, and is suffocated in it. A mouse in a pitch barrel...thinks it notices from a distance some sort of glimmer of imaginary light and truth; but while running toward it, it is crossed by so many difficulties and obstacles, and diverted by so many new quests, that it strays from the road, bewildered."

Men Running Distance
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Michelle Obama Lawyer, Author, First Lady
Running

"See, that's why Barack's running: to end the war in Iraq responsibly - to build an economy that lifts every family, to make sure health care is available for every American - and to make sure that every child in this nation has a world-class education all the way from preschool to college."

Children War Running
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Michelle Obama Lawyer, Author, First Lady
Running

"My view is that if you can't run your own house, you certainly can't run the White House. Can't do it."

Running House
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Mike Lowell Baseball Player
Running

"I've never really considered myself a home run hitter. Mostly I'm a guy who hits into the gaps for a lot of doubles."

Running Home Guy
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Mike Tyson Professional Boxer
Running

"I respect the media. But periodically things come up. Like the guy in Toronto [CP24 Interview]. This is what I run into, also. Everybody that helps you is not necessarily your friend. And everybody that fights you is not necessarily your enemy. So you always have to be on guard."

Running Fighting Media
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Milan Kundera Writer
Running

"Speed is the form of ecstasy the technical revolution has bestowed on man. As opposed to a motorcyclist, the runner is always present in his body, forever required to think about his blisters, his exhaustion; when he runs he feels his weight, his age, more conscious than ever of himself and of his time of life. This all changes when man delegates the faculty of speed to a machine: from then on, his own body is outside the process, and he gives over to a speed that is noncorporeal, nonmaterial, pure speed, speed itself, ecstasy speed."

Thinking Men Running
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Mischa Barton Actress
Running

"There are some things I like about L.A. You can have a really healthy lifestyle, and I love running with the dogs on the beach. It's just the social scene is horrific!"

Running Dog Beach
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Morgan Freeman Actor, Narrator
Running

"No one is really a method actor, everyone has their way of going about it, preparing for it, but method is preparation, it's what you do to prepare. So my method is to read the script. Some actors' method is to read the script a hundred times and in the doing of it, to immerse themselves in as much of the reality as possible. Me, I believe strictly in acting. If I am out of breath, I'm out of breath. I ain't running nowhere."

Believe Running Reality
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Muhammad Ali Boxer, Activist
Running

"I was always at the gymnasium every day at six o'clock after school. In the mornings I would run, looking forward to future golden gloves and Olympic tournaments."

Running School Morning
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Molly Harper Author
Running

"There's an inverse relationship between my temper and my ability to control my accent. If you hear me say 'Fiddledeedee', run for the hills, because I'm getting ready to take out bystanders."

Running Hills Bystanders
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Mira Grant Author
Running

"By the time Buffy finished its Bay Area theatrical run - including a two-month stint at the dollar theater - I had seen the movie well over three dozen times. I was in love."

Two Running Bay Area
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Mira Grant Author
Running

"Running around in the grass near an unsecured structure and a bunch of trees is a good way of taking yourself out of the gene pool."

Way Running Tree
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Michael Grant Author
Running

"That's your solution? Have a cookie?' Astrid asked. 'No, my solution is to run down to the beach and hide out until this is all over,' Sam said. 'But a cookie never hurts."

Running Hurt Beach
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Michael Grant Author
Running

"An old couple came running from a motorhome, scribbling as they ran. Their sign read, Can you check on our cat, Ariel? No one would answer that, because the cats had all been eaten."

Running Couple Cat
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