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• Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

  Elie Wiesel

  Motivational, Fitness, Power

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• If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all.

  Joey Adams

  Fitness, Bad Ass, Facts

  Joey Adams (1981). “Strictly for laughs”, A & W Publishers, Inc.

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• Let exercise alternate with rest.

  Pythagoras

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• As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.

  James Madison

  Men, Long, Liberty

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2015). “The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution”, p.48, Coventry House Publishing

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• All power is a trust, that we are accountable for its exercise.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Trust, Power, Government

  'Vivian Grey' (1826) bk. 6, ch. 7

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• Not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Two, Endurance, Hours

  Letter to Thomas M. Randolph Jr, 27 August (1786)

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• By exercise. I'll tell you one thing, you don't always have to be on the go. I sit around a lot, I read a lot, and I do watch television. But I also work out for two hours every day of my life, even when I'm on the road.

  Jack LaLanne

  Motivational, Fitness, Two

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• Imagination grows by exercise.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Imagination, Creative, Grows

  "The Summing Up". Book by W. Somerset Maugham, 1938.

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• A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

  St. Jerome

  Saint, Fats, Stomach

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• Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don't need it: if you are sick you should not take it.

  Henry Ford

  Sick, Healthy, Needs

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• I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Fitness, Food, Health

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• Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Fitness, Health, Yuppies

  N.Y. Times, 17 Jan. 1985

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• A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.

  A. A. Milne

  Fitness, Trying, Bears

  A. A. Milne (2011). “When We Were Very Young”, p.106, Egmont UK

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• My idea of exercise is a good brisk sit.

  Phyllis Diller

  Fitness, Health, Ideas

  "New Again: Janeane Garofalo". Interview with Phyllis Diller, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 29, 2015.

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• Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.

  George A. Sheehan

  Motivational, Fitness, Running

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• I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.

  Mark Twain

  Taken, Sleep, Insomnia

  Quoted in Colin Jarman The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).

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• It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Motivational, Fitness, Health

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1750). “Cato Major: Or, A Treatise on Old Age”, p.81

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• Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

  Joseph Addison

  Inspirational, Education, Book

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1837). “The Tatler: With Notes and a General Index ; Complete in One Volume”, p.270

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• What fits your busy schedule better, exercising one hour a day or being dead 24 hours a day?

  Randy Glasbergen

  Schedules, Busy, Fit

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• Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Learning, Responsibility, Men

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• Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul.

  Matthew Kelly

  Prayer, Book, Reading

  Matthew Kelly (2003). “Rediscovering Catholicism: Journeying Toward Our Spiritual North Star”, p.243, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing

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• The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Life, Generosity, Inspire

  Les Mots (The Words, 1964) "Lire"

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• I think that making love is the best form of exercise.

  Cary Grant

  Funny, Sex, Humor

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• Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a miracle.

  Cher

  Motivational, Fitness, Workout

  Cher, Robert Haas (1991). “Cher Forever Fit: The Lifetime Plan for Health, Fitness, and Beauty”, Bantam

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• Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

  John F. Kennedy

  Fitness, Cancer, Growing

  "Sport at the New Frontier: The Soft American". Sports Illustrated Vol. 13, Issue 26, (pp. 14-17), December 26, 1960.

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