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The car goes where the eyes go.
The visible becomes inevitable.
Somewhere, the zebra is dancing.
That which we manifest is before us.
Yet for every peak there is a valley.
That which you manifest is before you.
We are the creators of our own destiny.
What I want now is what I've always wanted.
Sometimes I believe...Sometimes I really do believe.
You should shine with all of your light all the time.
[T]he race is long - to finish first, first you must finish.
We had a good run, and now it’s over; what’s wrong with that?
The first time I saw you,' he says, 'I knew we belonged together.
People and their rituals. They cling to things so hard sometimes.
Gestures are all that I have; sometimes they must be grand in nature.
Our dog, Comet, is a Lab/poodle mix. She's goofy and silly and sweet.
...you have to reach for things beyond your grasp, or what is heaven for
We are all afforded our physical existence so we can learn about ourselves.
Those monkey-thumbs were meant for dogs. Give me my thumbs, you fu**ing monkeys!
I gotta be honest with you...I hate numbers. I hate chapter numbers. I hate them.
I gotta be honest with you... I hate numbers. I hate chapter numbers. I hate them.
[M]emory is time folding back on itself. To remember is to disengage from the present.
To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live.
Your car goes where your eyes go. Lonliness is unable to survive without a willing host.
That which is around me does not affect my mood; my mood affects that which is around me.
But what is worse, smelling the roast and not feasting, or not smelling the roast at all?
If I went to someone for therapy, I wouldn't be a writer...I would just be well adjusted.
This is a rule of racing: No race has ever been won in the first corner; many have been lost there.
The human language, as precise as it is with its thousands of words, can still be so wonderfully vague.
That which you manifest is before you. The visible becomes inevitable. Your car goes where your eyes go.
There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.
I’ll give you a theory: Man’s closest relative is not the chimpanzee, as the TV people believe, but is, in fact, the dog.
Very gently. Like there are eggshells on your pedals, and you don’t want to break them. That’s how you drive in the rain.
The race is long. It is better to drive within oneself and finish the race behind the other than it is to drive too hard and crash.
Racing is about discipline and intelligence, not about who has the heavier foot. The one who drives smart will always win in the end.
Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there.
She was my rain. She was my unpredictable element. She was my fear. But a racer should not be afraid of rain; a racer should embrace the rain.
I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anachronistic, but I think it's worth preserving.
He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.
My soul has learned what it came to learn, and all the other things are just things. We can't have everything we want. Sometimes, we simply have to believe.
And I wonder: Have I squandered my dogness? Have I forsaken my nature for my desires? Have I made a mistake by anticipating my future and shunning my present?
People, like dogs, love repetition. Chasing a ball, lapping a course in a race car, sliding down a slide. Because as much as each incident is similar, so it is different.
The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles - preferably of his own making - in order to triumph.
We too, must shatter the mirrors. We must look in to ourselves and root out the distortions until that thing which we know in our hearts is perfect and true, stands before us.
I hear hundreds of years of life. I hear wind and rain and fire and beetles. I hear the seasons changing and birds and squirrels. I hear the life of the trees this wood came from.
People speak of a will to live. They rarely speak of a will to die. Because people are afraid of death. Death is dark and unknown and frightening. But not for me. It is not the end.
Because memory is time folding back on itself. To remember is to disengage from the present. In order to reach any kind of success in automobile racing, a driver must never remember.
It makes one realize that the physicality if our world is a boundary to us only if our will is weak; a true champion can accomplish things that a normal person would think impossible.
It’s so hard to communicate because there are so many moving parts. There’s presentation and there’s interpretation and they’re so dependent on each other it makes things very difficult.
In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller.