"Our body is there right now. You did not have to earn a thing. It is a gift. You are a hero every time you step out of your front door to do some exercise."

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Naomi Alderman

#Hero Quotes #Exercise Quotes #Doors Quotes

“Any revolutionary agitation exacts enormous sacrifices, not so much in terms of prison sentences and years of incarceration - which have been raining down by the hundreds of years annually - as in terms of the manifold personal sacrifices sustained by those who commit themselves to revolutionary agitation.”
“Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.”
“A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.”
“Power only tires those who don't exercise it.”
“You can't really prepare yourself for being greeted by a dozen Klingons drinking blood wine. So, it can be a bit off-putting coming in from the outside. But it's great fun and there are no fans like Star Trek fans.”
“I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.”
“We cannot expect miracles of mindfulness in our own lives without preparation, commitment & continuing to energetically progress along our spiritual way.”
“Doing a picture with Willie Wyler is like getting the works at a Turkish bath. You damn near drown, but you come out smelling like a rose.”

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