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I see history as a relay race in which one of us, before dropping in his tracks, must carry one stage further the challenge of being a man.
-Romain Gary
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I See History As A Relay Race

Romain Gary
I see history as a relay race in which one of us, before dropping in his tracks, must carry one stage further the challenge of being a man.
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High culture is nothing but a child of that european perversion called history, the obsession we have with going forward, with considering the sequence of generations a relay race in which everyone surpasses his predecessor, only to be surpassed by his successor. without this relay race called history there would be no european art and what characterizes it: a longing for originality, a longing for change. robespierre, napoleon, beethoven, stalin, picasso, they're all runners in the relay race, they all belong to the same stadium.
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When we got in the race, we knew what we had to do and knew what we wanted to do. having three of four guys from the american record 800 free relay is a pretty solid relay, so we thought we could take a crack at the u.s. open record tonight. we're all a little tired, but that's fifth-fastest american relay ever, so it's not a bad time. we ended tonight on a great note.
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No matter how old i get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences. my times become slower and slower, but the experience of the race is unchanged: each race a drama, each race a challenge, each race stretching me in one way or another, and each race telling me more about myself and others.
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When you go through a tunnel - you're going on a train - you go through a tunnel, the tunnel is dark, but you're still going forward. just remember that. but if you're not going to get up on stage for one night because you're discouraged or something, then the train is going to stop. everytime you get up on stage, if it's a long tunnel, it's going to take a lot of times of going on stage before things get bright again. you keep going on stage, you go forward. every night you go on stage.
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It's the culture, not the blood. if you can go anywhere in the world and adopt these babies and put them into households that were already assimilated in america, those babies will grow up as american as any other baby with as much patriotism and love of country as any other baby. it's not about race. it's never been about race. in fact the struggles across this planet, we describe them as race, they're not race. they're culture based. it's a clash of culture, not the race. sometimes that race is used as an identifier.
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