“I admit that most of my records are silly, but they do require serious training.”

—  Ashrita Furman

inspiringnews.wordpress.com / Interview with Ashrita Furman (July 7, 2009) https://inspiringnews.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/interview-with-ashrita-furman-the-king-of-records/

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