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On Biology
Grace Hopper (1906–1992) American computer scientist and United States Navy officer
Grace Hopper on Late Night with David Letterman (2 October 1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-vcErOPofQ <br class="br">Context: There's something you learn in your first boot-camp, or training camp: If they put you down somewhere with nothing to do, go to sleep — you don't know when you'll get any more.
“You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.”
Little Mary, act III
The Women (1936)
“You don't stop running because you get old, you get old because you stop running.”
Christopher McDougall (1962) American journalist and writer
Source: Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
“Are you sitting comfortably? Then get up. This is no time for sloth.”
Maureen Lipman (1946) British actress, columnist and comedienne
Something to Fall Back on
“…when you get a good night's sleep and wake up ready to produce throughout the day.”
Stephen R. Covey book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Source: The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People (1989), p. 59
“If you don't have answers to your problems after a four-hour run, you ain't getting them.”
Christopher McDougall (1962) American journalist and writer
Source: Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
John Frusciante (1970) American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer
Going Inside
Lyrics, To Record Only Water for Ten Days (2000)
