Liam David Brown

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… it is the things we love most that destroy us.

President Snow (played my Donald Sutherland - The Hunger Games Mockingjay: Part 1)

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When it feels scary to jump that is exactly when you jump otherwise you end up staying at the same place your whole life.

Abel Morales (played by Oscar Isaac - A Most Violent Year)

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By the time the boys came in off the water each night, their hands were blistered and bleeding, their arms and legs throbbed, their backs ached, and they were soaked through with a clammy mixture of sweat and lake water

Daniel James Brown

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It is perhaps the toughest of sports. Once the race starts, there are no time-outs, no substitutions. It calls upon the limits of human endurance. The coach must therefore impart the secrets of the special kind of endurance that comes from mind, heart, and body

George Yeoman Pocock

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Hank McGregor. World Marathon Kayak Championships. Gold.

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His crisp voice soon stood out at the boathouse, not as an affectation but as a point of pride and a demonstration of his deep commitment to grace, precision, and what would turn out to be a lifelong pursuit of the ideal.

Daniel James Brown (on George Yeoman Pocock)

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Exterior Limits.

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All men doubt, but it is he who overcomes his doubt, who wins.

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It is hard to make that boat go as fast as you want to. The enemy, of course, is resistance of the water, as you have to displace the amount of water equal to the weight of men and equipment, but that very water is what supports you and that very enemy is your friend. So is life: the very problems you must overcome also support you and make you stronger in overcoming them.

George Yeoman Pocock

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I want to feel that feeling some day.

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In a sport like this-hard work, not much glory, but still popular in every century- well, there must be some beauty which ordinary men can’t see, but extraordinary men do.

George Yeoman Pocock - The Boys In The Boat