Exercise Quotes
2359 quotes by 1676 authors
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It can become an exercise in trying to get the reader to like and admire you instead of an exercise in creative art.
— David Foster Wallace
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I am not one of those who believe that a great standing army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up a…
— Woodrow Wilson
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You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if [President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela] thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think…
— Pat Robertson
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It is clear that God is saying, 'I gave man dominion over the earth, but he lost it. Now I desire mature sons and daughters…
— Pat Robertson
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Intellectual achievement. The exercise of skill. Human feeling.
— Iain Banks
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Spirituality yields two fruits. The first in inspiration to know what to do. The second is power, or the capacity to do it. These two…
— Richard G. Scott
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No enduring improvement can occur without righteous exercise of agency. Do not attempt to override agency. The Lord himself would not do that. Forced obedience…
— Richard G. Scott
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Whoever functions in an office or calling received from one who holds priesthood keys exercises priesthood authority in performing her or his assigned duties.
— Dallin H. Oaks
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You could have an experience with the gift of the Holy Ghost today. You could begin a private prayer with thanks. You could start to…
— Henry B. Eyring
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I know that God loves us. He allows us to exercise our moral agency even when we misuse it. He permits us to make our…
— Thomas S. Monson
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The fountain of youth [for me], let’s see…I guess it’s exercise, healthy diet, lots of water, lots of laughter, lots of sex—yes, sex, we need…
— Cameron Diaz
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Everyone's sex life is funny except your own. Every person's is, and yours never is. The lengths people go to — and the extremes and…
— John Waters
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Sports is to war as pornography is to sex. We get to exercise some ancient, ancient drives.
— Jonathan Haidt
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We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over…
— Hannah More
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Listening well is an exercise of attention and by necessity hard work. It is because they do not realize this or because they are not…
— M. Scott Peck
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For me exercise is more than just physical, it’s therapeutic.
— Michelle Obama
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I freak out if I go a little too long without being in the gym. For a long time it was all about getting the…
— Nick Carter
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For my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long loss of voice.
— Nana Mouskouri
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In my opinion, using creation and evolution as topics for critical-thinking exercises in primary and secondary schools is virtually guaranteed to confuse students about evolution…
— Eugenie Scott
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Skepticism's bad rap arises from the impression that, however necessary the activity, it can only be regarded as a negative removal of false claims. Not…
— Stephen Jay Gould
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