#Marcus Samuelson

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The Power of Food, Words, and A SEAT AT THE TABLE

Don Katz and Marcus Samuelsson: The Power of Food, Words, and A SEAT AT THE TABLE will be a special conversation at the Montclair Film Festival co-presented by Audible.

Storytelling, community and food have always gone hand in hand. Join Audible Founder, author, and Montclair native Don Katz and acclaimed chef and restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson for a lively conversation about bringing people together through the power of food and words.

They will discuss Don’s creation of a vital storytelling company that uses words to inspire and entertain and Marcus’s elevation of food to nourish and invigorate his restaurants worldwide.

Together they have a shared commitment to catalyze rebirth in Newark, NJ – home to Audible’s headquarters, Marcus’s restaurant Marcus B&P, and Audible’s nationally recognized program Newark Working Kitchens, which has provided meals to more than 10,000 Newark residents.

Don and Marcus will also discuss Marcus’s upcoming Audible Original, SEAT AT THE TABLE, which brings listeners into some of the most iconic American restaurants of our time.

Tickets at https://montclairfilm.org/events/in-conversation-with-marcus-samuelsson-don-katz/

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semi niche poll time

[glassprism]

I don't know if you've answered this question before, but do you have favorite Phantom/Christine pairings?

I have answered it before, but not too recently, so maybe it's time to make a big ole updated masterpost of all my favorites as of now!

Keep in mind that if a name isn't on here, it doesn't mean they're not a favorite or whatever, it might just mean I never saw them with a Phantom or Christine I particularly liked (e.g. Gina Beck is an all-time favorite but she's not on here because I never really saw her opposite a Phantom I also really enjoyed) or I preferred a slightly different pairing (e.g. I really liked Franc D'Ambrosio with Lisa Vroman but I slightly preferred the latter with Brad Little). And there may be one or two where I could not decide at all (e.g. do I prefer Kelly Mathieson with David Thaxton or Josh Piterman? I can't tell!). Anyway, here they are:

Michael Crawford/Sarah Brightman - The OG cast. It can't be helped, they both had such unique takes on the role and it makes them one of the most memorable pairings for me.

Dave Willetts/Jan Hartley Morris - His rougher take on the mold that Crawford left vs. Jan Hartley Morris's old-school, classical Christine is a winner.

Mikael Samuelson/Elisabeth Berg - I love Samuelson's slightly harsher vocals compared to Berg's operatic tones.

Alexander Goebel/Luzia Nistler - Goebel is eerie, ghostly, and unhinged at the end; Nistler has a lovely classical voice and a scared, slightly naive take on her Christine. It fits well.

Davis Gaines/Tracy Shayne - Gaines is commanding, sensual, elegant; Shayne is innocent but with a touch of maturity that brings a certain uniqueness to the role.

Saulo Vasconcelos/Irasema Terrazas - Hands! I think both were allowed a lot of freedom in the role and it's great.

Hans Peter Janssens/Ineke van Klinken - Janssens is both very nuts and very sad while van Klinken is a reserved yet steely-willed Christine who is more than a match for him.

Ian Jon Bourg/Alison Kelly - Bourg is good with so many Christines, but I loved Alison Kelly's feistiness.

Michael Nicholson/Olivia Safe - Just a fascinating pairing, and they were both understudies!

Yoon Young Seok/Hye Kyoung Lee - It didn't matter that both were speaking Korean, they were so emotional that I felt like I understood every aspect of their performance.

Brad Little/Lisa Vroman - Kind of mentioned above, but I love how well these two act together.

Hugh Panaro/Julie Hanson - Hugh Panaro is a sarcastic jokester of a man and it makes you really feel for Julie Hanson's child-like Christine at the end of the show.

Gary Mauer/Elizabeth Southard - A real-life married E/C couple brings all the chemistry!

Earl Carpenter/Rachel Barrell - Barrell is also really good with JOJ, and more spirited around him, but I love Earl Carpenter more.

John Cudia/Jennifer Hope Wills - Oh the sparks these two brought to the role! Cudia was scary and dominating but JHW was absolutely able to hold her own against him.

Simon Pryce/Julie Goodwin - The voices of these two!

Marcus Lovett/Anna O'Byrne - Leroux-accuracy heaven.

Jeremy Stolle/Samantha Hill - Again, I've seen these two give fantastic performances with multiple performers, but I really do love what they bring to the show together.

Tomas Ambt Kofod/Sibylle Glosted - Very detailed, nuanced performances in a production that was full of it.

Jonathan Roxmouth/Meghan Picerno - There was fire between these two! Roxmouth was intent on bending Christine to his will but Picerno was so fiercely independent that you knew he could never succeed.

Jeon Dong Seok/Son Ji-soo - JDS is a swoon-worthy Phantom while SJS brought lovely expressions to the role.

And I'm sure there are many others...

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Fried Chicken, Buttermilk Biscuit, Corn Ragu, and Braised Greens - Metropolis by Marcus Samuelson, NYC (Owner of the Red Rooster)

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Qualia - Mindful Workout from Dmitry Khmelnitsky on Vimeo.

The Qualia project takes us on a workout journey through a sensual body experience. When pushing boundaries and reaching our limits, we discover our deepest senses, revealed only for fleeting moments. Our main creative goal was to emphasize the transition from group workouts to the breakthrough into each participant's personal world. We sought to maintain a constant juxtaposition between light and dark, group and individual, calmness and intensity, clean limbo, and wild nature, bringing viewers closer to the Qualia experience.

Coral Friedman, the founder of Qualia, believes that workouts should be interesting, exciting, and meaningful. The training routine combines sound and cardio in a mirrorless, candlelit space that leads to mindfulness.

Shot on Arriflex 16 S/B using Kodak Vision 3 250D

Team Director: Dmitry Khmelnitsky @xnmldv at @talnathantalents Executive Producer: Coral Friedman @___coralfriedman Assistant Director: Rona Cohen @ronanza DP: Dmitry Khmelnitsky @xnmldv Producer: Rona Cohen @ronanza Gaffer: Joe Magal @joe_magal Assistant Camera: Rafael Nativ @rafael.nativ Stylist: Amit Friedman @amitfrdmn Colorist: Ilya Marcus @ilyamarcus at @talnathantalents

Performance by Noa Cohen Erner @noa_ce Sivan Chriqui @van_chriqui Rotem Blutstein @rotemblut Amit Friedman @amitfrdmn Lior Samuelson @lior_samuelson Neta Kestin @netakestin Shmuel Halfon @shmuel.halfon

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HIGHLIGHTS FOR ABC NEWS’ ‘GMA3: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW,’ FEB. 13-17 

The following report highlights the programming of ABC’s “GMA3: What You Need to Know” during the week of Feb. 13-17. “GMA3: What You Need to Know” is a one-hour news program that airs weekdays at 1:00 p.m. EST | 12:00 p.m. CST on ABC, and 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. EST on ABC News Live.

Highlights of the week include the following:  

Monday, Feb. 13 —Pam Smart on her appeal; celebrity chef Joe Isidori for National Italian Food Day; actor and television host Adam Richman (“The Food That Built America”)

Tuesday, Feb. 14 — Chef, television host and author Robert Irvine (“Overcoming Impossible”); psychotherapist, podcast host and author Esther Perel; actor Alan Cumming (“Marlowe”) 

Wednesday, Feb. 15 — ABC News senior Congressional correspondent Rachel Scott on the Jackson water crisis; Deals and Steals with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson   

Thursday, Feb. 16 — Author Melissa Urban (“The Book of Boundaries”); Real Simple senior home editor Leslie Corona; comedian Nate Bargatze (“Nate Bargatze: Hello World”)  

Friday, Feb. 17 — Chef Marcus Samuelson and “Nightline” co-anchor Byron Pitts (“Culture Conversations”); Faith Friday with Duke University professor, podcast host and author Kate Bowler (“The Lives We Actually Have”)

ABC Media Relations  

Brooks Lancaster  

Brooks.Lancaster@abc.com  

   -- ABC --

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GUYS LOOK WHO WALKED INTO THE RESTURANT IM IN!!!

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Napa Valley Film Festival "Iron Chef" Event

Napa Valley Film Festival “Iron Chef” Event

The Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) announced a special event on June 15, 2022, celebrating the launch of the new series on Netflix “Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend” at The CIA at Copia in Napa, California. The event will start with a screening of the finale episode of the eight-part series chronicling the heroic quest of a challenger chef taking on five legendary chefs in their quest to be…

[therealcoolfooddude]

(via Flaky Andouille and Callaloo Hand Pies with Red Pepper Sambal) You can fill these hand pies with anything you have on hand—sausage, fish, ham, veggies, even ingredients like crab and chopped pumpkin. 

[writer-at-the-table]

"I loved this. I didn't taste it, I finished it" is incredibly high praise, especially considering how much the judges have to eat in one episode.

Assuming each episode is filmed in a single session/day, I imagine the judges try not to eat too much of any dish so they don't get uncomfortably full with more rounds to go. So finishing a plate, in the entree round...that's a compliment stronger than any words.

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yo im going to be in manhattan this friday and i was just wondering if you could give me some recs for food? and also bakeries and cafes lol wait this is really bad timing erm sorry here 📓

Hey! I can definitely give you some recommendations! I'm not sure if you're going to be primarily uptown or downtown, so I'm just gonna compile two lists below (with links, wherever possible).

Downtown (below 59th Street)

Brunch*

-Carroll Place (Italian wine bar and gastropub near West 4th Street w/ bottomless mimosas or sangria. I personally swear by the Eggs in Purgatory)

-Agave (Mexican style bottomless brunch spot. There are two locations, one in Greenwich Village and one in Kips Bay. The food is decent, but the drinks are excellent. I'm usually a staunch mimosa person at brunch, but definitely get the margaritas here)

Lunch/Dinner

-99 Favor Taste (Delicious, affordable all you can eat hotpot and table barbecue. This is the first place my friends and I wanted to go once indoor dining was allowed again. There are multiple locations downtown)

-Misoya (The best ramen shop in NYC, imho. Every item on the menu is so good, it brings tears to my eyes just to think about it lol)

-Laut (Amazing Malaysian, Singaporean, and Thai food near Union Square! I've only been there twice, but I can swear by the Asam Laksa and the Hainanese Roast Chicken Rice)

-Paesano's of Mulberry (My favorite restaurant on the Mulberry Street strip in Little Italy, which is admittedly kind of basic in principle, but still really good. Solid, affordable place that my friends and I have been going to since high school)

-Claw Daddy's (Delicious Louisiana seafood boil—spicy, flavorful, yum. They also have great drinks of the "adult capri sun" variety)

-Soogil (Korean-French fusion with an amazing tasting menu! It's a little pricey, but if you have room to splurge, I would highly recommend giving this place a try)

Sweets

-Fay Da Bakery (Chinese bakery with lots of different cakes and buns to try! There are two locations in Manhattan, and a bunch more in Queens)

-Max Brenner (This place serves pretty good lunch and dinner, but the reason to come here is the chocolate fondue and chocolate cocktails -- their dark chocolate martini sends me)

-Otafuku x Medetai (This one is a Japanese street food restaurant, but I'm grouping it with sweets because the taiyaki here is everything)

Uptown (above 59th Street)

Brunch

-Calle Ocho (Latin American cuisine with a robust sangria menu for bottomless brunch. Tread carefully with the sangria, though, b/c it's sweet and doesn't really taste like alcohol and the next thing you know, you'll be sending salacious text messages to your ex. Trust me, I know.)

-Moonrise Izakaya (Japanese gastropub on the Upper West Side. This place is a good vibe at any time of day, but the weekend brunch is so good it makes me emotional lol)

Lunch/Dinner

-Carmine's (Family style Italian food. I would recommend going with a party of three or more because the portions here are notoriously massive. Like garlic bread served on a pizza pan massive.)

-Red Rooster (Chef Marcus Samuelson adds his personal flair to soul food/American comfort food. The yardbird is easily the best piece of fried chicken I've had to date. The Uptown Guac is also everything.)

-Cafe du Soleil (Casual, affordable French restaurant. Great food, nice wines. I swear by the Hachis Parmentier, and will never say no to the creme brulee)

-Jacob's Pickles (Southern American comfort food. Easily serves the best cheese grits I've experienced in life thus far. The house made biscuits are also really delicious)

-Haru Sushi (Japanese restaurant with a few different locations around the city, although I think the UWS branch is the best.)

-Pappardella (Another Italian restaurant with really good food. Everything I've tried on the menu hits)

Sweets

-The Hungarian Pastry Shop (Cafe and bakery by Columbia with amazing coffee and baked goods. The plain croissants are always fluffy and delicious, and the cheese danishes are everything. The cappuccinos with sugar and cinnamon are some of my favorite in the city. There's no website for this one, so I'm linking the Yelp page)

-Silver Moon Bakery (A little french bakery on the Upper West Side that brings me SO MUCH joy. The herbed brie sticks, palmiers, apple tarts, and chocolate bomb cakes are my personal favorites)

-Levain Bakery (I can't believe I forgot this at first! Chocolate chip walnut cookies are great and they only cost $4)

*Imo, there are much better brunch spots in Brooklyn, but if you don't have time so schlep out there, these places are still great.

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Succotash

This succotash recipe is converted from Marcus Samuelsson’s cookbook, ‘Marcus Off Duty’. 

He used all fresh ingredients and I substituted the fresh corn and lima beans for frozen.  If you can’t find poblano chiles, substitute green pepper for mild flavor or any hot green pepper if you want to pack more punch.

The recipe calls for peanuts, which is a nice touch but can be left out.

Succotash is an old North American dish taught to European settlers by Native Americans. It has been altered over centuries and there are many versions. Many recipes use milk or cream, and this Samuelson version called for butter, which I have eliminated to make it a vegan recipe.

It’s a colorful side dish that can be served hot or cold.

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[glassprism]

MC and Franc D’Ambrosio both started off playing the phantom at the start of their runs, but what other old school actors also started as the phantom?

Well, assuming a random cut-off date of the year 2000 for "old school Phantoms", I'd say... quite a lot of actors? Remember, when the show first started, there's no pool of former Raouls (or less commonly, former Andres or Piangis) to draw upon for Phantom actors. A lot of principal actors for Phantom in the early days started off playing the Phantom.

So a small listing of them, across multiple productions, might include: Michael Crawford, Dave Willetts, Martin Smith, Peter Polycarpou, Peter Karrie, Mark McKerracher, Mark Jacoby, Marcus Lovett, Robert Guillaume, Rick Hilsabeck, Ron Bohmer, Masachika Ichimura, Alexander Goebel, Colm Wilkinson, Jeff Hyslop, Paul Stanley, Anthony Warlow, Rob Guest, Mikael Samuelson, Peter Hofmann, Tim Tobin, Henk Poort, Florian Schneider, Juan Navarro, Saulo Vasconcelos. Among others, I'm sure.

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Even More Quotes for Runners

Did you need more quotes in your life? No? Well, I hate to break it to you, but you’re getting a bunch. I collect quotes like how single women my age collect cats. I can’t get enough of them.

There’s something about a good thought provoking quote that can change not just your perspective, but shift it as well. It’s one thing to be inspired by a quote, but it’s a total different thing to be changed by one. Something that’s happened to me many times in my life.

In addition to keeping a database of quotes for running, I hoard quotes for inspiration and motivation — socially, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. I might share some of quotes on my personal blog Josherwalla.com sometime later, but for here — this is all about running, fitness and health.

I use many of these quotes also to make into memes for the Trails & Pavement Instagram page. So make sure to follow the page for some great running related quotes and more.

Anyways, without any further adieu, here are some more running quotes …

“As every runner knows, running is about more than just putting one foot in front of the other; it is about our lifestyle and who we are.” Joan Benoit Samuelson

“Running allows me to set my mind free. Nothing seems impossible. Nothing unattainable.” Kara Goucher

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” Haruki Murakami

“If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.” Les Brown

“Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. Most of all, other people can’t stop you. Only you can stop you.” Jeffrey Gitomer

“Action is eloquence.” William Shakespeare

“You didn’t beat me. You merely finished in front of me.” Hal Higdon

“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” Voltaire

“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.” William Arthur Ward

“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” Edmund Hillary

“It’s very hard at the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually, you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.” George Sheehan

“The biggest mistake an athlete can make is to be afraid of making one.” L. Ron Hubbard

“Running is real and relatively simple … but it ain’t easy.” Mark Will-Weber

“We all have bad days and bad workouts, when running gets ugly, when split times seem slow, when you wonder why you started. It will pass.” Hal Higdon

“Nothing, not even pain, lasts forever. If I can just keep putting one foot in front of the other, I will eventually get to the end.” Kim Cowart

“Set aside a time solely for running. Running is more fun if you don’t have to rush through it.” Jim Fixx

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” Marcus Aurelius

“I’m not as fast or flexible as I once was, but running keeps me young” Nicole DeBoom

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No Matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett

“Winning doesn’t always mean getting first place; it means getting the best out of yourself.” Meb Keflezighi

“It’s a treat being a runner, out in the world by yourself with not a soul to make you bad-tempered or tell you what to do.” Alan Sillitoe

“Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don’t have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up.” Amby Burfoot

“The Secret to a long and healthy life is to be stress-free. Be grateful for everything you have, stay away from people who are negative stay smiling and keep running.” Fauja Singh

“I’ve learned that it’s what you do with the miles, rather than how many you’ve run.” Rod DeHaven

“Our doubts are our traitors and make us lose the good we oft might get by fearing to attempt.” William Shakespeare

“What I’ve learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you’re hurting like crazy and you want to give up. Success is often just around the corner.” James Dyson

“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.” Bruce Lee

“What is the source of my success? I think it’s a combination of consistency and balance.” Mark Allen

“Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it’s all about.” PattiSue Plumer

“The real purpose of running isn’t to win a race. It’s to test the limits of the human heart.” Bill Bowerman

“For me, races are the celebration of my training.” Dan Browne

“God has given me the ability. The rest is up to me. Believe. Believe. Believe.” Billy Mills

“There is magic in misery. Just ask any runner.” Dean Karnazes

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” Frederick Douglass

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” Jim Ryin

“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” Marcus Aurelius

“Running is the greatest meaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.” Oprah Winfrey

“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” Ursula K. Le Guin

“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.” Dean Karnazes

“Happiness lies, first of all, in health.” George William Curtis

“The pain of running relieves the pain of living.” Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“It was being a runner that mattered, not how fast or how far I could run. The joy was in the act of running and in the journey, not in the destination.” John Bingham

“Success doesn’t come to you; you go to it.” T. Scott McLeod

“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” Napoleon Hill

“Heroism is endurance for one moment more.” George F. Kennan

“This above all: to thine ownself be true. And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” William Shakespeare

“Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.” Wayne Huizenga

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” Maya Angelou

“Getting more exercise isn’t only good for your waistline. It’s a natural anti-depressant, that leaves you in a great mood.” Auliq Ice

“The reason we race isn’t so much to beat each other … but to be with each other.” Christopher McDougall

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” Henry Ford

“Victory is in having done your best. If you’ve done your best, you’ve won.” Bill Bowerman

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” Theodore Roosevelt

“That’s the thing about running: your greatest runs are rarely measured by racing success. They are moments in time when running allows you to see how wonderful your life is.” Kara Goucher

“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” Earl Nightingale

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” Confucius

“I always tell my athletes, don’t confuse difficulty with failure.” Eric Orton

“That’s the thing about running: your greatest runs are rarely measured by racing success. They are moments in time when running allows you to see how wonderful your life is.” Kara Goucher

“Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” Lou Holtz

“Running has taught me, perhaps more than anything else, that there’s no reason to fear starting lines…or other new beginnings.” Amby Burfoot

“Running has taught me to love my brain, my body, and what both can do for me when I use them wisely and appreciate them” Meggie Smith

“‘I breathe in strength and breathe out weakness,’ is my mantra during marathons—it calms me down and helps me focus.” Amy Hastings

“Make each day your masterpiece” John Wooden

“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.” Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“My drops of tears I’ll turn to sparks of fire.” William Shakespeare

“Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try.” Dennis DeYoung

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.” Thomas Chandler Haliburton

“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” Thomas Jefferson

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It doesn’t matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say, ‘I have finished.’ There is a lot of satisfaction in that.” Fred Lebow

“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” Melody Beattie

“Act like a horse. Be dumb. Just run.” Jumbo Elliot

“If you want to run, then run a mile. If you want to experience another life, run a marathon.” Emil Zatopek

“I often lose motivation, but it’s something I accept as normal.” Bill Rodgers

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” Robert Collier

“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” Stephen Covey

“Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind.” Jackie Joyner-Kersee

“Stamina, speed, strength, skill and spirit. But the greatest of these is spirit.” Ken Doherty

“If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won’t, you most assuredly won’t.” Denis Waitley

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” Jimmy Dean

“The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” Scott Hamilton

“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.” Edmund Hillary

“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” Epictetus

“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” George Lorimer

“Now bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible.” William Shakespeare

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” Albert Einstein

“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities – brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.” John Gardner

“I dream my painting and I paint my dream.” Vincent Willem van Gogh

“What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.” Kathrine Switzer

“Courage doesn’t always roar, sometimes it’s the quiet voice at the end of the day whispering ‘I will try again tomorrow” Mary Anne Radmacher

“Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.” Lynn Jennings

“Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.” L.M. Montgomery

“A course never quite looks the same way twice. The combinations of weather, season, light, feelings and thoughts that you find there are ever-changing.” Joe Henderson

“Part of a runner’s training consists of pushing back the limits of his mind.” Kenny Moore

“Running is my private time, my therapy, my religion.” Gail W. Kislevitz

“Have a dream, make a plan, go for it. You’ll get there I promise.” Zoe Koplowitz

“Only those who risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go.” T.S. Elliot

“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” H.G. Wells

“Every run is a work of art, a drawing on each day’s canvas. Some runs are shouts and some runs are whispers. Some runs are eulogies and others celebrations.” Dagny Scott Barrio

“In many ways, a race is analogous to life itself. Once it is over, it cannot be re-created. All that is left are impressions in the heart, and in the mind.” Chris Lear

“You need to choose to be great. It’s not a chance, it’s a choice.” Eliud Kipchoge

“It hurts up to a point and then it doesn’t get any worse.” Ann Trason

“He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.” William Samuel Johnson

“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” Confucius

“I look at struggle as an opportunity to grow. True struggle happens when you can sense what is not working for you and you’re willing to take the appropriate action to correct the situation. Those who accomplish change are willing to engage the struggle.” Danny Dreyer

“Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.” Woody Allen

“You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.” Steve Prefontaine

“The greatest pleasure in life, is doing the things people say we cannot do.” Walter Bagehot

“You do not write your life with words … You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.” Patrick Ness

“Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.” Hippocrates

“Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.” George Washington Carver

“The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.” Dale Carnegie

“If you want to run, then run a mile. If you want to experience another life, run a marathon.” Emil Zatopek

“People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.” Earl Nightingale

“Keep steadily before you the fact that all true success depends at last upon yourself.” Theodore T. Hunger

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” Helen Keller

“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” Steve Prefontaine

“Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart.” Gene Tunney

“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.” William James

“You may be the only person left who believes in you, but it’s enough. It takes just one star to pierce a universe of darkness. Never give up.” Richelle E. Goodrich

“Some sessions are stars and some are stones, but in the end they are all rocks and we build upon them.” Chrissie Wellington

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” Kenji Miyazawa

“Don’t fight the trail, take what it gives you. If you have a choice between one step or two between rocks, take three.” Christopher McDougall

“Every race is a question, and I never know until the last yards what the answer will be. That’s the lure of racing.” Joe Henderson

“There is nothing so momentary as a sporting achievement, and nothing so lasting as the memory of it.” Greg Dening

“Run hard when it’s hard to run” Pavvo

“Strength does not come from the physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” Mahatma Gandhi

“We all know that if you run, you are pretty much choosing a life of success because of it.” Deena Kastor

“The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.” George Sheehan

“Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.” John Wooden

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” Will Rogers

“Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have nature and that is much better.” Juha Vaatainen

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Confucius

“The marathon is not really about the marathon, it’s about the shared struggle. And it’s not only the marathon, but the training.” Bill Buffum

“Action is the foundational key to all success.” Pablo Picasso

“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” Jack London

“It doesn’t matter where you came from. All that matters is where you are going.” Brian Tracy

“The harder the hill, the steeper the climb, the better the view from the finishing line.” Paul Newman

“Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” Napoleon Hill

“As athletes we have ups and downs. Unfortunately you can’t pick the days they come on.” Deena Kastor

“The point is whether or not I improved over yesterday. In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.” Haruki Murakami

“If you train your mind for running, everything else will be easy.” Amby Burfoot

“Things turn out the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” John Wooden

“A goal properly set is halfway reached.” Zig Ziglar

“Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.” Rose Kennedy

“I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose.” David Livingstone

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” Billie Jean King

“Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough.” Hal Higdon

“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” Robert H. Schuller

“Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure.” Aisha Tyler

“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” Frank Zappa

“Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.” Gary Vaynerchuk

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” Winston S. Churchill

“Running is like celebrating your soul. There’s so much it can teach us in life.” Molly Barker

“I am not afraid to fail; to get lost, to dream, to be myself, to find. I am not afraid to live.” Killian Jornet

“Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you turn your attention to other things, It comes and sits softly on your shoulder.” Henry David Thoreau

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” Helen Keller

“The secret of success is constancy to purpose.” Benjamin Disraeli

“There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.” Napoleon Hill

“Don’t be afraid to dream of achieving the impossible.” Shalane Flanagan

“We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.” Virginia Satir

“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” Tommy Lasorda

“The whole universe is change and life itself is but what you deem it.” Marcus Aurelius

“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” Lucille Ball

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” Conrad Hilton

“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” Robertson Davies

“Every single one of us possesses the strength to attempt something he isn’t sure he can accomplish.” Scott Jurek

“If you start to feel good during an ultra, don’t worry, you will get over it.” Gene Thibeault

“Love the life you live. Live the life you love.” Bob Marley

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” Joshua J. Marine

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” Michael John Bobak

“Things won are done; joy’s soul lies in the doing.” William Shakespeare

“Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.” Oliver Goldsmith

“Nothing, not even pain, lasts forever.” Kim Cowart

“Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.” W. P. Kinsella

“Everything that happens to us leaves some trace behind; everything contributes imperceptibly to make us what we are.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” Shonda Rhimes

“I didn’t give myself enough breaks during the training year to recover. I didn’t understand the power of periodization.” Alberto Salazar

“If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.” David Carradine

“Sometimes, success almost haunts you. You want to be the best at everything you do and know you have to work hard.” Katarina Witt

“All great achievements require time.” Maya Angelou

“We cannot start over. But we can begin now and make a new ending.” Zig Ziglar

“The power of imagination makes us infinite.” John Muir

“The virtue lies in the struggle, not in the prize.” Richard Monckton Milnes

“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me.” Erma Bombeck

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Even More Quotes for Runners was originally published on My Life in the Slow Lane.

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Speaking of weird crossovers....

I’m watching foodnetwork at the moment.  The commercial that just came on for a cartoon was Scooby Doo and the Gourmet Ghosts.

It has Bobby Flay and Giada and Marcus Samuelson in Scooby Doo, and it is a cartoon.  Because the celebrity chefs aren’t big enough cartoons already.  For some reason my head is hurting about that very concept.