"Whether you're six or sixty, if you go……" — Dean Ornish
"Whether you're six or sixty, if you go on a diet and lifestyle program and feel constrained, you're likely to go off it sooner or later. Offering a spectrum of choices is much more effective; then, you feel free and empowered."
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40 Quotes by Dean Ornish
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When I talk about forgiveness, I mean letting go, not excusing the other person or reconciling with them or condoning…
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One of the reasons my father ... became a dentist was so he could always be home for dinner and…
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Because the biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are so dynamic, when people change their diet and lifestyle,…
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Poor health is not caused by something you don't have; it's caused by disturbing something that you already have. Health…
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I don't understand why asking people to eat a well-balanced vegetarian diet is considered drastic, while it is medically conservative…
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Meaning is malleable: take it out, you get nihilism and despair. Put it in, you get sacredness and something most…
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Awareness-mindfulness-is the first step in healing. In Counterclockwise, Dr. Ellen Langer eloquently describes how becoming more aware of our beliefs…
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We all have an inner teacher, an inner guide, an inner voice that speaks very clearly but usually not very…
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Eating a vegetarian diet, walking (exercising) everyday, and meditating is considered radical. Allowing someone to slice your chest open and…
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Although scientists can often be as resistant to new ideas as anyone, the process of science ensures that, over time,…
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When I use the word spirituality, I don't necessarily mean religion; I mean whatever it is that helps you feel…
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I usually find that the process of discovery is more interesting than the answers.
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More Choices Quotes
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
— Aristotle
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Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason…
— Aristotle
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Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives.
— Richard Bach
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I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and…
— Lance Armstrong
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I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I…
— Darren Aronofsky
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Yeah, I know, some people are against drunk driving, and I call those people 'the cops.' But you know, sometimes,…
— Dave Attell
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If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security,…
— Margaret Atwood
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Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the…
— Kevyn Aucoin
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Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
— Marcus Aurelius
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I'm an independent. I'm a centrist. A new generation is arriving that has grown up with a multiplicity of choice…
— John Avlon
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