"... the habit of literature [is] the best defense against believing the half-truths of ideologues and the lies of demagogues."

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Once one has attained a high level of success at any pursuit and especially an unorthodox pursuit like rowing, one develops a number of generally self-congratulatory half-truths to explain how it happened that he ascended to that particular pinnacle. Often because original motivations don't seem to have much in common with the eventual success, the real and rationalized motivations are difficult to separate.

— Stefan Kieszling