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Wake Up Call

Embrace the Struggle!

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

~ Blaise Pascal

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You Are You

Accept everything about yourself--I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning and the end--no apologies, no regrets.

~ Henry Kissinger

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Play Like You Play

It's the way you play that makes it . . . Play like you play. Play like you think, and then you got it, if you're going to get it. And whatever you get, that's you, so that's your story.

~ Count Basie

Image: CvH Stafford Road Club (cyclists!) vs. Stafford Athletic Club (runners!) in 1976.

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Start Immediately

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

~ William James

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Aim High

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.

~ E. O. Wilson

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You Need a Team!

You need a team. You need people to push you. You need opponents.

~ Wynton Marsalis

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Take the Plunge!

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

~ Alan Watts

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Rise Up!

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

~ Winston Churchill

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Delight Your Bare Feet

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

~ Kahlil Gibran

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On Ritual

Ritual is necessary for us to know anything.

~ Ken Kesey

Image: Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon - Qagychl (c. 1907)