#running

I grew up within Italian-American neighborhoods, everybody was coming into the house all the time, kids running around, that sort of stuff, so when I finally got into my own area, so to speak, to make films, I still carried on. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#around #carried #coming #everybody #films

He ran as he'd never run before, with neither hope nor despair. He ran because the world was divided into opposites and his side had already been chosen for him, his only choice being whether or not to play his part with heart and courage. He ran because fate had placed him in a position of responsibility and he had accepted the burden. He ran because his self-respect required it. He ran because he loved his friends and this was the only thing he could do to end the madness that was killing and maiming them. ↗

— Karl Marlantes

#inspiration #marine-corps #officer #running #vietnam

The Tarahumara would party like this all night, then rouse themselves the next morning to face off in a running race that could last not two miles, not two hours, but two full days. According to the Mexican historian Francisco Almada, a Tarahumara champion once ran 435 miles, the equivalent of setting out for a jog in New York City and not stopping till you were closing in on Detroit. ↗

— Christopher McDougall

#inspirational #physiology #running #inspirational

People think I'm crazy to put myself through such torture, though I would argue otherwise. Somewhere along the line we seem to have confused comfort with happiness. Dostoyevsky had it right: 'Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.' Never are my senses more engaged than when the pain sets in. There is a magic in misery. Just ask any runner. ↗

— Dean Karnazes

#suffering #torture

Let any pretty girl announce a divorce in Hollywood and the wolves come running. Fresh meat for the beast, and they are always hungry. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#announce #any #beast #come #come running

To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training. ↗

— Sugar Ray Leonard

#best #focusing #hitting #hours #lifting

It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows. ↗

— John Lithgow

#become #broadway #comedy #long-running #musical

Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition. ↗

— Arthur Lydiard

#competition #encourage #enjoy #force #kids

I thought about running a marathon a long time ago, but I'm just not a runner. ↗

— Shannon Miller

#ago #i #just #long #long time

When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to running out of material. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#ask #close #drama #even #human