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Countless religious innovators over the years have played the game of establishing an identity for themselves by accentuating their otherness.

~Malcolm Gladwell

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The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.

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In cross-country skiing, athletes propel themselves over distances of ten and twenty miles - a physical challenge that places intense demands on the ability of their red blood cells to deliver oxygen to their muscles.

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The paradox of endurance sports is that an athlete can never work as hard as he wants, because if he pushes himself too far, his hematocrit will fall.

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The two contemporary writers whom I consider as role models are Janet Malcolm and Michael Lewis.

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In my mid-adolescence, my friend Terry Martin and I became obsessed with William F. Buckley. This makes more sense when you realize that we were living in Bible Belt farming country miles from civilization. Buckley seemed impossibly exotic.

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I don't think I will ever write about politics or foreign policy. I feel like there is so much good writing in those areas that I have little to add. I also like to steer clear of writing about people whom I do not personally like.

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My rule is that if I interview someone, they should never read what I have to say about them and regret having given me the interview.

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I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling.

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I don't golf. I've never golfed. I will never golf.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Author

Born: September 3rd, 1963

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