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Exercise Quotes
"Mathematical reasoning may be regarded rather schematically as the exercise of a combination of two facilities, which we may call intuition and ingenuity."
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"For exercise, I now run with my chocolate Lab puppy, Oscar."
59
"They actually bought me for Daredevil 2, but they have to exercise the option."
55
"The only exercise I excel at is jumping to conclusions."
54
"The first of all commodities to be exchanged is labour, and the freedom of man consists only in the exercise of the right to determine for himself in what manner his labour shall be employed, and how he will dispose of its products."
54
"Floor exercise, the longest you run is two or three steps. In the vault, it's not a whole lot more than that."
54
"Since then, I have not missed five consecutive days in getting some type of aerobic exercise, mostly jogging."
54
"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."
53
"I've always had a kind of visual eye, and it was a pleasant exercise for that."
53
"Thinking has become a superfluous exercise... purely internal, without compelling force, more or less a game."
51
"He who lives in the single exercise of his mental faculties, however usefully or curiously directed, is equally an imperfect animal with the man who knows only the exercise of muscles."
49
"If you exercise your mind, you're not going to get sick."
48
"Once in a while I'll get moved to do some exercise. It's something I long for but the biggest problem is bending down and putting my tennis shoes on. Once I go out I'm OK."
48
"Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties."
48
"Exercise is really important to me - it's therapeutic. So if I'm ever feeling tense or stressed or like I'm about to have a meltdown, I'll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls."
48
"It's an intuitive exercise to do a Shakespeare play and to go through a Shakespeare play."
47
"With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise to do."
47
"It's challenging, but you have to at least try to eat right and exercise."
46
"Psychiatrists always say, Oh, we're very professional. I use exercise as my medication."
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"According to the Gallup Poll, 24 percent of American adults exercised regularly in 1961, and 50 percent after 1968. The peak was 59 percent in 1984, dropping off to 51 percent last September."
43
"A lot of songs you write are just for exercise - just pencil sharpeners."
43
"The only way you get that fat off is to eat less and exercise more."
43
"Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last."
43
"Becoming the new feminine ideal requires just the right combination of insecurity, exercise, bulimia and surgery."
43
"I'm a Utilitarian, so I don't see the rule against lying as absolute; it's always subject to some overriding utility which may prevent its exercise."
42
"Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse."
40
"I dare not exercise personal liberty if it infringes on the liberty of others."
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