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• A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.

  Tacitus

  Men, Ruins, Becoming

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• [On parenthood:] You can't change your mind--you know, and say, this isn't working out, let's sell.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Mind, Parenthood, Can't Change

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• I write poems about relationships, love relationships, and I'm not able to do that all the time. I could go two years without writing poems, and then write a dozen. Having a novel to work on, with the intricate puzzle of character and plot to work out, is satisfying for the time there is no poetry.

  May Sarton

  Writing, Character, Years

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• I repeat the wake-up, the workout, the quick shower, the breakfast of three hard-boiled egg whites and a cup of coffee, the hour to make my morning calls and deal with correspondence, the two hours of stretching and working out ideas by myself in the studio ... That's my day, every day. A dancer's life is all about repetition.

  Twyla Tharp

  Dance, Workout, Morning

  Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter (2003). “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life”, Simon and Schuster

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• It is, indeed, right that we should look for, and hasten, so far as in us lies, the coming of the day of God; but not that we should check any human effort by anticipations of its approach. We shall hasten it best by endeavoring to work out the tasks that are appointed for us here; and, therefore, reasoning as if the world were to continue under its existing dispensation, and the powers which have just been granted to us were to be continued through myriads of future ages.

  John Ruskin

  Lying, Effort, Age

  John Ruskin (1867). “The Stones of Venice”, p.167

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• I work out every day just to keep in shape. I feel like I never want to get stuck in a position where when you need somebody with great arms, you call Anthony Mackie. That hasn't been the calling card for my career, and nor do I want it to be.

  Anthony Mackie

  Careers, Shapes, Want

  "How Anthony Mackie Got Big For 'Pain & Gain'". Interview with Adam B. Vary, www.buzzfeed.com. April 27, 2013.

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• On a more technical level, a story takes a lot of words. And to generate words and phrases and images and so on, that will compel the reader to continue reading - that stand a chance of really grabbing a reader - the writer has to work out of a place of, let's say, familiarity and affection. The matrix of the story has to be made out of stuff the writer really knows about and likes. The writer can't be stretching and (purely) inventing all the time. Well, I can't, anyway.

  George Saunders

  Reading, Phrases, Stories

  Source: und.edu

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• To go in the direction that I went takes a lot of work. And I don't think you can do the work - the five or six hours of working out a day - if you don't have a clear goal or know why you're doing it. If you just hang out at the gym and train for five or six hours a day without a goal is almost impossible.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Thinking, Clear Goals, Six

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I work out every day, and I eat 1,200 calories. Heres the truth - like Ive said to everybody, Every diet works if you follow the diet.

  Marissa Jaret Winokur

  Said, Calories, Diets

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• You cannot just work out and then eat poorly and expect to lose weight. It doesn’t work that way.

  Jennifer Hudson

  Health, Weight, Way

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• No matter how big the glam squad, or how dramatic the dress, sometimes things just don’t work out.

  Jennifer Hudson

  Beauty, Squad, Matter

  Jennifer Hudson (2012). “I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down”, p.19, Penguin

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• The important message I heard about working out and what I want to share is that you create your own opportunities and your own limitations.

  Jennifer Hudson

  Exercise, Opportunity, Important

  Jennifer Hudson (2012). “I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down”, p.103, Penguin

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• a scientist or a writer is one who ruminates continuously on the nature of physical or imaginative life, experiences repeated relief and excitement when the insight comes, and is endlessly attracted to working out the idea.

  Vivian Gornick

  Science, Ideas, Relief

  Vivian Gornick (2013). “Women in Science: Then and Now”, p.30, The Feminist Press at CUNY

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• On the whole, life is unfair in the way it works out. It is a game played without an umpire!

  Ursula Bloom

  Life, Games, Umpires

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• I find it very heartening that of the women I have questioned lately about their feelings towards their mother, all the ones whose faces light up and who say, 'She's wonderful' have been daughters of women who work outside the home.

  Mary Stott

  Daughter, Mother, Home

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• I spend most of my time in my head. You can always work out solutions and satisfactions there. Maybe you can't actually bring them about, but there's usually a pleasant pillow of time between imagining you can, and realizing you cannot.

  Sheila Heti

  Thinking, Satisfaction, Realizing

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• Im the guy wholl drive 250 miles tonight and be at the gym tomorrow at 10 A.M., when people are still sleeping in. Im the guy wholl fly to Australia and find a gym. Fly back and first thing I do off the plane is work out before I shower or eat.

  John Cena

  Sleep, Australia, People

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• I've always been into working out and eating healthy. That's just who I am.

  Mark Wahlberg

  Who I Am, Healthy, Eating

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. April 23, 2013.

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• I work out because that's my job, but what I enjoy about it, beyond the vanity, is the Zen of it. I like getting out of my head, and one great way to do that is to sweat your face off. And to know that, if you're thinking of anything else, you're not working intensely enough.

  Chris Pine

  Jobs, Thinking, Sweat

  "MH Grill: Chris Pine". Interview with Brittany Kennedy, www.menshealth.co.uk. April 30, 2013.

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• Someone said to me... ‘A criticism is just a really bad way of making a request. So why don’t you just make the request? Why don’t you just say, Could we work out this thing that makes me feel this way?’

  Diane Sawyer

  Criticism, Way, Said

  "Diane Sawyer Shares The ‘Genius’ Marriage Advice She’ll Never Forget". www.huffingtonpost.com. February 11, 2015.

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• One of the most powerful shocks of the Middle Passage is the collapse of our tacit contract with the universe-the assumption that if we act correctly, if we are of good heart and good intentions, things will work out. We assume a reciprocity with the universe. If we do our part, the universe will comply. Many ancient stories, including the Book of Job, painfully reveal the fact that there is no such contract, and everyone who goes through the Middle Passage is made aware of it.

  James Hollis

  Jobs, Powerful, Book

  James Hollis (1993). “The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife”, p.41, Inner City Books

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• Zen approaches it from the practical side of life-that is, to work out Enlightenment in life itself.

  D.T. Suzuki

  Work, Enlightenment, Sides

  D.T. Suzuki (2011). “Essays in Zen Buddhism”, p.52, Souvenir Press

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• There's a lot more emphasis placed on torsion and coil and leverage. Basically, the women are being taught very much along the same lines as the men. You don't have to consider strength as a factor so much. These girls are working out like fiends. It's a trend that's going to continue.

  David Leadbetter

  Girl, Men, Lines

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• I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now.

  Sanaa Lathan

  Hurt, Stars, New Day

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• I hope to make acting my career for the rest of my life, if I can. If acting doesn't work out, I'd love to produce or direct or write. I just want to stay in this business, definitely. That would be my number one thing. I always want to be an actress.

  Chloe Grace Moretz

  Writing, Numbers, Careers

  "Chloe Moretz Exclusive Interview LET ME IN; Plus Updates on EMILY THE STRANGE, HUGO CABRET, HICK and THE RUT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 4, 2010.

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