“Advising the Prince The recluse Hsu Su Kwei had come to see Prince Wu. The Prince was glad. "I have desired," he… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
We live in a society running from pain through alcohol, through too much exercise, through sugar, through drugs - as opposed to… — Mariel Hemingway Copy Share Image
“Nine years ago, my sister handed me a paperback she had picked up in an airport shop on her way to India.… — Rachel Falconer Copy Share Image
I was 16, I just wanted to do something in my life. I wanted to be healthy, I wanted to lose some… — Joanna Jedrzejczyk Copy Share Image
“I’ve taken to long-distance walking as a means of dissolving the mechanised matrix which compresses the space-time continuum, and decouples human from… — Will Self Copy Share Image
“Suzette was different, her responses were honest, her need real not feigned to jolly the exercises along, and that passion in her… — Lynsay Sands Copy Share Image
You've got to block out all distractions when you train. Your focus has to be 100% into the rep. You've got to… — Mike Matarazzo Copy Share Image
“I enjoy a torture session on the rowing machine and I also enjoy my mom’s homemade peach cobbler. I enjoy flopping like… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
“My instructor was a skinny guy in his midtwenties who had a shaved head that was always peeling from sunburns and who… — Justin Halpern Copy Share Image
“In particular, aerobic exercises, like running and biking, are best at boosting serotonin. Interestingly, if you try to do too much exercise… — Alex Korb Copy Share Image
It is known that the taste--whatever it is--is improved exactly as we improve our judgment, by extending our knowledge, by a steady… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Happiness is something final and complete in itself, as being the aim and end of all practical activities whatever … Happiness then… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The only vocal training I had was playing with a tape recorder as a kid, and you know, doing the beginning of… — Michael Buffer Copy Share Image
The whole HTML validation exercise is questionable, but validating as XHTML is flat-out masochism. Only recommended for those that enjoy pain. Or… — Jeff Atwood Copy Share Image
Leg day is my favorite day. You can't have a thorough leg workout without feeling completely spent. It's a challenge, but the… — Ian Ziering Copy Share Image
'Swan Lake' is the most difficult thing to portray for a female ballet dancer; it really requires such specific qualities of articulation,… — Benjamin Millepied Copy Share Image
“To the train yard,' she says and pushes on the pedals. We don't move. 'Anytime,' I tell her. 'You know. While we're… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“He contained two equal sorts of knowledge: the warm lazy knowledge that above on the mountain a blond girl in a white… — Alasdair Gray Copy Share Image
“(Novelists, when their characters drive cars, never feel compelled to describe precisely what the physical actions are of hands, feet, eyes, knees,… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
“Poirot's eyes opened. "That is great ferocity," he said. "It is a woman," said the chef de train, speaking for the first… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Where love is the compelling power, there is no sense of strain or conflict or bondage in doing what is right: the… — F. F. Bruce Copy Share Image
I'm terrible with my workout regime and following it strictly. I'm terrible with a healthy diet and following it strictly. I'm terrible… — Katherine Heigl Copy Share Image
“Shut your mouth; open your eyes and ears. Take in what is there and give no thought to what might have been… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
If you've read my New York Times bestseller 'Stonewalled', you know that I'm a fan of an intellectual exercise I call the… — Sharyl Attkisson Copy Share Image
The one thing we can't really train for is weightlessness, real weightlessness. It's a ton of fun. It's pure Newtonian physics. You… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
“DEPARTURE The horizon slopes away The days are longer Trip A heart hops in a cage A bird sings It is going… — Pierre Reverdy Copy Share Image
“The vibrations he felt in his sleep had nothing to do with his soul easing out of his body as he dreamily… — Author-Poet Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Your body is made up of something like 60 percent water. So if you're constantly draining yourself and dehydrating yourself in your… — Cody Garbrandt Copy Share Image
I've stayed sharp, basically through football workouts. I cater those workouts to track-specific things, so I don't lose the rhythm I've always… — Marquise Goodwin Copy Share Image
No man must encroach upon my province, nor I upon his. He may advise me, moderately and without pertinaciousness, but he must… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
I started to do silk-screen in the early days of my painting training, due to a woman who taught art history at… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
The demise of higher education as a public good is also evident in light of the election of a number of right-wing… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I've always been a workout type guy. So if I'm feeling down or I'm not happy with something, I go to the… — LaMarcus Aldridge Copy Share Image
“One night I begged Robin, a scientist by training, to watch Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' with me on PBS. He… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Copy Share Image
“I have the cedar box safely tucked away in my bedroom closet, but its ghosts follow me about the house, distracting me… — Debra K. Rodgers Copy Share Image
I know I need to exercise. For some people, exercise is like breathing; for others, like me, it takes effort. Exercising is… — Al Roker Copy Share Image
The first time I fought Ian McCall, I cut carbs completely out of my diet all through training camp. I was afraid… — Demetrious Johnson Copy Share Image
“How can a person expect to escape their destiny, Merry? That is the question." A silence, then a small, practical voice. "There's… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“The Socratic dialogue was a spiritual exercise designed to produce a profound psychological change in the participants, and because its purpose was… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“I heard the distant whistle of a passing train, and I wished I could get on it and go far away, to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
