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The mistake I really learned from was in 2005, leading the Indianapolis 500. I had a decision whether or not to save enough fuel to finish the race - which meant slowing down - or going all-out for the win. I went conservative and saved enough fuel to go to the end but finished fourth.
Danica Patrick
Toinenkin seikka kohotti hnet muita korkeammalle: hn oli laskenut pydlle avoimen kirjan. Siin ravintolassa ei kukaan toinen ollut koskaan laskenut pydlle avointa kirjaa. Kirja oli Terezalle salaisen killan tunnus. Hn saattoi taistella ymprilln leviv karkeuden maailmaa vastaan vain yhdell aseella: kirjoilla, varsinkin romaaneilla, joita hn lainasi kaupunginkirjastosta. Hn oli lukenut paljon, Fieldingist Thomas Manniin. Kirjat olivat hnen nennispakonsa elmst, joka ei tyydyttnyt hnt. Mutta niill...
Milan Kundera
We are afraid that Heaven is a bribe, and that if we make it our goal we shall no longer be disinterested. It is not so. Heaven offers nothing that the mercenary soul can desire. It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in heart want to. There are rewards that do not sully motives. A man's love for a woman is not mercenary because he wants to marry her, nor his love for poetry mercenary because he wants to read it, nor his love of exercise less...
C. S. Lewis