Runners Quotes - Page 14

• They say the breaks even up in the long run, and the trick is to be a long-distance runner.

  Chuck Knox

  Running, Distance, Break Even

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• For the greater a man's works for the future, the less the present can comprehend them; the harder his fight, and the rarer success. If, however, once in centuries success does come to a man, perhaps in his latter days a faint beam of his coming glory may shine upon him. To be sure, these great men are only the Marathon runners of history; the laurel wreath of the present touches only the brow of the dying hero.

  Adolf Hitler

  Hero, Fighting, Men

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• I came in on this movie after there had been a director and I came in after Tom Courtenay had talked to Ron Harwood about making a movie. So, you know Tom and Albert Finney had been friends since the beginning of their career as they became stars around the same time - Tom always reminds me that Albert was first with Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and then Tom with The Long Distance Runner.

  Dustin Hoffman

  Morning, Stars, Distance

  "Quartet - Dustin Hoffman interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• The film that really struck me was Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. That was a film I watched many, many times and found endlessly fascinating in it's density. I think the density of that film is primarily visual density, atmospheric, sound density, moreso than narrative density.

  Christopher Nolan

  Thinking, Blade Runner, Sound

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• The only magic in our lives as runners is the magic of consistency. Not every run will make you feel great.

  John Bingham

  Running, Consistency, Magic

  John Bingham (2002). “No Need for Speed: A Beginner's Guide to the Joy of Running”, p.24, Rodale

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• And, just for good measure, here are a handful of runners up:
  For now the seventh summer carries you,
  A wanderer, across the lands and waters.

  Virgil

  Summer, Land, Water

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• Frustration is the first step towards improvement. I have no incentive to improve if I'm content with what I can do and if I'm completely satisfied with my pace, distance and form as a runner. It's only when I face frustration and use it to fuel my dedication that I feel myself moving forwards.

  John Bingham

  Running, Distance, Moving

  John Bingham (2002). “No Need for Speed: A Beginner's Guide to the Joy of Running”, p.105, Rodale

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• Every day gives you an opportunity to improve. With every run, you can try to be better. Not just a better runner, but a better person.

  John Bingham

  Running, Opportunity, Giving

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• But it's the wrestler who can put the fatigue out of his mind and break through the "wall," like a marathon runner after 18 or 20 miles, who will survive. The key to that survival is in hard workouts that develop mental confidence to the point where you won't submit to fatigue and pain descending upon you.

  Lou Banach

  Sports, Workout, Wall

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• To be honest I listen to the female opinion on my photos. If all the girls in the office choose a certain shot, even if I don't like it, it becomes a front runner because, really, what do I know about how others perceive me?

  Michael Bolton

  Girl, Office, Female

  "Michael Bolton: I never realised my hair was such a big deal". Interview with Rhiannon Vivian, www.mirror.co.uk. October 12, 2008.

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• Ideally I would start by racing my athletes once every two weeks. But, such a program has to be flexible because some runners improve better with weekly races or even bi-weekly races. A coach has to adjust to what is best for the runner.

  Gerry Lindgren

  Athlete, Race, Two

  Interview with Mick Grant, John Molvar, www.youthrunner.com. January 12, 2011.

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• Racing's very much like the world of acting. You have your front runners and you have guys that are there for the long race, and you have other guys that block for other people, that are called supporting and character actors. It's all the same kind of situation.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Block, Character, Race

  Source: cinema.com

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• Which one of you is going to be runner-up?

  Walter Hagen

  Golf, Runner Up

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• Everybody and their mother knows you don't train hard on Friday, the day before a race. But a lot of runners will overtrain on Thursday if left on their own. Thursday is the most dangerous day of the week.

  Marty Stern

  Friday, Mother, Running

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• As a runner on a film, you are the lowest of the low, and yet you have incredible access to everyone. I can totally imagine that for actors in the middle of a Hollywood bubble, all they really want is a sense of normality, and that gopher can be a tap for that.

  Eddie Redmayne

  Hollywood, Actors, Want

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• The runner stopped dead, lost his balance, froze in one of those violent attitudes in which the photographers petrify living reality.

  Jean Cocteau

  Attitude, Reality, Balance

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• I also felt The Kite Runner was a story that would lend itself well to a visual retelling in a graphic novel.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Stories, Kites, Graphic Novels

  "GeekDad Interview: Khaled Hosseini, Author of The Kite Runner". Interview with Tony Sims, www.wired.com. September 30, 2011.

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• How many more people right now feel connected to Mumbai because of Slumdog Millionaire, or suddenly are interested in the plight of orphans on Mumbai after seeing that film? The same thing with the Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns.

  Khaled Hosseini

  People, Mumbai, Plight

  "Web Exclusive Interview: Kite Runner author Khaled Hosseini to Speak on Refugee Crisis at Event in Lafayette". Interview with Peter Crooks, www.diablomag.com. April 25, 2009.

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• The film [Kite Runner] was not as big a hit in the United States as it was worldwide, I think it may have been swallowed up by all the other movies it had to go up against.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Thinking, United States, Kites

  Source: www.diablomag.com

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• It's hard when you make a film from a book that so many people love, because there's no way to get the entire story into a two-hour movie. But I was pleased with the reaction [for Kite Runner].

  Khaled Hosseini

  Book, Love Is, Two

  "Web Exclusive Interview: Kite Runner author Khaled Hosseini to Speak on Refugee Crisis at Event in Lafayette". Interview with Peter Crooks, www.diablomag.com. April 25, 2009.

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• Those who saw Kite Runner loved the film, for the most part, people seemed to really like the film.

  Khaled Hosseini

  People, Kites, Saws

  "Web Exclusive Interview: Kite Runner author Khaled Hosseini to Speak on Refugee Crisis at Event in Lafayette". Interview with Pete Crooks, www.diablomag.com. April 2009.

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• If you look at 'Blade Runner,' it's been cut sixteen ways from Sunday, and there are all kinds of different versions of it.

  George Lucas

  Cutting, Sunday, Blade Runner

  "5 Questions With George Lucas: Controversial 'Star Wars' Changes, SOPA and 'Indiana Jones 5'". Interview With Alex Ben Block, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 9, 2012.

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• If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed.

  Arthur Lydiard

  Running, Successful, Thinking

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• So, we come out to Los Angeles. And we met with every network. We met with show runners, directors, writers, everything. And what we had an idea for, they didn't like. And what they had an idea for, we didn't like. So, we went home.

  Reba McEntire

  Home, Ideas, Directors

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. December 25, 2005.

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• I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration.

  Haruki Murakami

  Fun, Powerful, Writing

  "Marathon man". Interview with Richard Williams, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2003.

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