I hope the competition will resume, and if it does, you must not think that running or throwing or jumping is frivelous. The games were once your fellow Olympians answer to war – competition, not conquest. Now, they must be your answer.
BILL BONNERPeople do not get what they want or what they expect from the markets; they get what they deserve.
More Bill Bonner Quotes
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Both the liberal and the conservative are in agreement: it is all very well to let the people alone, but only if they do what you want them to do.
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If you have a body, you are an athlete!
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A man on his owns knows that he is best advised to leave his dumbbell neighbors alone. But let him join a political party, and he fantasizes that he has the right and the power to tell everyone on the block what to do.
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There is no bad weather, just soft runners.
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If at the end of a race you know yourself that you have done your best, you’re a winner.
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You can forget about recovery. There is no recovery – and there’s not going to be any recovery. Recovery is an impossibility.
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People do not get what they want or what they expect from the markets; they get what they deserve.
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And there are cultural norms and traditional prohibitions. But eventually, the norms and traditions wear off, like painkillers. And then, the pain of raw government begins again.
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God determines how fast you’re going to run; I can help only with the mechanics.
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The economic freedom that made the U.S. economy the leader of the world has given way toa rigged, controlled, and regulated economy.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
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Neither limits nor adversity are what ruin men. Under pressure, they handle themselves pretty well. It’s the lack of limits they can’t handle. That’s when they run amok. So, if you really want to see what a man is made of let him think he can get away with something.
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A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change.
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Don’t give anything away. Never make it easy for the guys you are trying to beat.
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