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“To boast of a performance which I cannot beat is merely stupid vanity. And if I …” — Emil Zatopek
To boast of a performance which I cannot beat is merely stupid vanity. And if I can beat it that means there is nothing special about it. What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come.
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