You don't always have to get an expensive gym membership. The important thing is to keep moving and to make it fun and have variety - it's the spice of life.
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Related Believe in yourself, not only in swimming, but in life itself. You always have to have fun. You have... DEBBIE MEYER You don't have to hit perfect shots all the time here. The variety of shots you get to play, the... DAVID DUVAL Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON I always have the most fun on the Fourth of July. You don't have to exchange any gifts. You just... JAMES LAFFERTY The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it. EDWIN LAND To me, acting is like a party. It's like a fun thing to do. You don't have to worry. You don... ROB REINER I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES People always ask, 'Man, why don't you come out and enjoy it? Why don't you celebrate? W... J. J. WATT It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I don't have a car in Manhattan because you have to choose between a car and an apartment. It... ADAM FERRARA It's important to make a statement, but don't kill yourself over it. You have to make an eff... ALEXANDRA ROACH Even though I don't have a lot of spare time, what I do have I'm very protective of, and so ... CLARISSA WARD I don't like L.A. It's just not fun. I don't know why, but I just don't get it. You ... LADY GAGA A big sacrifice is coming, and you won't have the courage to make it. That will cost you dearly. It ... RICK RIORDAN The myth is that women and their families don't have to make trade-offs to have an 'extreme ... ANGELA BRALY Variety is what I would recommend: As variety is the spice of life in food, so it is in exercise. Ch... MARTINA NAVRATILOVA It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON Look at what you want to change, gather a few people who believe in it like you do, and start moving... DEBBY RYAN You don't have to stick with these recipes. They're guides. As I say, they're a way in. ... SALLY SCHNEIDER The most important thing is to live an interesting life. Keep your eyes, ears and heart open. Talk t... MICHAEL MORPURGO I love doing emotional scenes. As I've had a perfect life, I don't really have much to pull ... HILARY DUFF Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor. WILLIAM COWPER The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your bra... BARBARA KINGSOLVER It's just an American tradition to make sure people don't leave hungry. The worst thing is t... TOM DOUGLAS The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don... MOLLY IVINS The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and some... BABYFACE It's important to wallow and grieve when you have a health issue. I don't think you really g... NATALIE COLE It's so important to keep moving and don't buy into the myth. I say do anything you feel lik... FLORENCE HENDERSON It's hard to give tips to skiers if I don't know how they ski, but I think the most importan... LINDSEY VONN You don't have to do the picture, you have to do the autograph, but it's important to take t... CINDY CRAWFORD You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the... BEN CARSON There's no type of music I don't like. I think it's important to be able to make fun of ... EUGENE CHADBOURNE It's fun to do voiceover work, although you still have to act. But it doesn't involve memori... STEPHEN ROOT It is a great thing about having young children, is that they don't really care whether you'... JOHN ROBERTS I don't necessarily enjoy being at the gym. It's something I have to do, more than something... NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU It's incredibly fun to play someone that you don't like. It exorcises your own demons in a w... ED HELMS To this day, just always treat people the way you want to be treated. Whether it's family or fri... BRENDA SONG It's a great advantage to be able to play people off against each other, isn't it? You go to... DAMIEN HIRST It's the biggest party in the world, and you have to keep the whole thing percolating, which is ... BRUCE VILANCH How to get it, I annoy you??? You are not interested??? What's the idea??? DEYTH BANGER I have a kid and a husband and my family, and it's important to live the real life. I don't ... CECILE DE FRANCE It's fun to have money, but the more money I get, the less interesting it becomes. If you don... SEBASTIAN JUNGER It's easy to get wrapped up in sharing everyday life with a partner. It's fun to get lost in... BRITTANY MURPHY Be fun! I don't like homes or rooms that don't have a sense of humor or have some sense of w... BRYAN BATT It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't hav... RANDY NEWMAN Doing a kid's movie is fun when you have kids. You don't want to do kids' movies if you ... LARRY THE CABLE GUY At the end of the day, people have the right to have opinions. I have the right to have an opinion. ... TYGA The key to life is your attitude. Whether you're single or married or have kids or don't hav... CANDACE BUSHNELL The one thing that I'm always gonna promote is, 'Don't look at a fellow black man as an ... DEMETRIUS SHIPP, JR. It's been a lot of fun getting to work with Tracy Middendorf, who plays my mom. As an actor, it&... WILLA FITZGERALD Anyone can make a difference, so you don't have to have it be some huge, global campaign... you ... BLAKE MYCOSKIE 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON In order to honor God with your wealth, you first have to admit that you are rich. Most people won't... CRAIG GROESCHEL Don't be afraid to fail. You're going to go on a million auditions, and most of them you won... IKE BARINHOLTZ If any of you have seen my shows, you know that I don't skimp on them and the same is true for t... MADONNA CICCONE I appreciate the fact that you have one redeeming quality, Jack, but that is all it is. Just a hint ... K.A. LINDE Sometimes you have to stop something to really measure the passion that you have, and either you fee... DAVID BELLE You have to really want it, and don't take it personally if you don't get a job. Because som... CAROL BURNETT The post-'Merlin' era is an exciting time to look forward to. Variety is the spice of life. ... BRADLEY JAMES The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK Television's so quick, and there's so many other fun elements to it, but you don't get s... LYDIA LEONARD The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep... YOLANDA ADAMS When you do voiceover it's such a fun job to be able to do. First of all, you can do it in your ... KELLY HU In terms of tackling different subjects, I can't really think of anything I wouldn't want to... CARY FUKUNAGA Not everyone has the time to be normal. LJUPKA CVETANOVA I think it's an Irish thing. We don't really care. We say it as we mean it, and you have to ... CONOR MCGREGOR I don't know what to do with it. I'm very fortunate to have it, and it gives you room to man... DANIEL RADCLIFFE We don't get the Tony gift basket anymore. You used to get incredible swag - there was like $5,0... KEVIN CHAMBERLIN Life is full of trials and tribulations. It's dramatic when you don't treat people right whe... MARY J. BLIGE I think it's a shame when the arts have to suffer because of corporate greed. People will always... PADDY CONSIDINE I was signed to a record label when I was younger. I was in a group, and I just wasn't - persona... TIKA SUMPTER I can't be bothered to go to the gym, though. I honestly just can't be bothered - it's t... CAROL VORDERMAN You find the most important thing that really grabs you, and put it right up top. Don't bury the... KURT LODER It's fun playing the villain now and again; villains are so simple, and you don't have to wo... SANJAY DUTT It's music. It's supposed to be fun and inspirational. You have to be inspired. If I did it ... MAX MARTIN As an athlete, you figure you work your whole life to have what you have, and to be able to show the... RICKY WILLIAMS Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the ... ZIG ZIGLAR I don't feel like I need to tell any lies. You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behin... BETTY WRIGHT When you're happy you don't always have to be laughing, and when you're sad you don'... FREDDIE HIGHMORE Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it SARA SHEPARD It's more important for me to have a good record with good music and be part of a movie that'... AIMEE MANN It's really easy to avoid the tabloids. You just live your life and don't hang out with famo... AMANDA SEYFRIED Men don't know enough about being courteous toward women. You should get into a cab before a wom... THOM BROWNE I think it's important to keep things positive. Sometimes you don't win, and that sucks, and... ALEX MORGAN You don't ever want to devalue music. Music is important; it's necessary product. I always t... ROBERT COPPOLA SCHWARTZMAN To me, the blues is an infection. I don't think it's necessarily a melancholy thing; the blu... MICK FLEETWOOD I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to ha... JACK WHITEHALL How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL I think the paparazzi is a necessary evil... and if ya don't like it, and ya don't want to d... GAIL O'GRADY It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie; the important thing is that you either respond to ... KATHRYN BIGELOW You don't want to be down 2-0 in a series. It's always important to try and get one on the o... DOUG COLLINS If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell... ERNST FISCHER To me, if life boils down to one thing, it's movement. To live is to keep moving. JERRY SEINFELD I have a lot of energy, and if I don't keep myself busy, I go crazy. I alphabetise the spice rac... JERRY HALL One of the great joys in life is reading, yet it's the main thing people say they don't have... DANA PERINO I don't do anything but sleep, when I'm not working. I have no life. I'm no fun. All I w... MAGGIE Q People make mistakes in life. You shouldn't have to live with that for the rest of your life. I ... TERRY MCAULIFFE It's like you always have to put on a happy face, be the phony baloney, and I'm so not that.... CHLOE SEVIGNY When I don't have a fight scheduled, training is even more fun. I can come into the gym and work... HOLLY HOLM
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DOUGLAS BRINKLEY Demeanor-wise, Reagan was a conservative, but a pragmatic conservative, and he found silver linings ... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY His lack of prioritizing hurricane evacuation after Ivan, after we dodged a bullet, is criminal. He ... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY His lack of prioritizing hurricane evacuation after Ivan, after we dodged a bullet, is criminal, ...... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY They use [how much] money they've spent as a measure of success because there's very little else to ... DAVID BRINKLEY People have the illusion that all over the world, all the time, all kinds of fantastic things are ha... DAVID BRINKLEY If I were objective or if you were objective or if anyone was, he would have to be put away somewher... DAVID BRINKLEY He managed to hit all the keys on the great American political piano. DAVID BRINKLEY Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important. DAVID BRINKLEY Her continuity - you know, if you connect Harriet Tubman, who died in 1913, to Rosa Parks, born in 1... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY I think President Bush had a very hard 2005 with his failed efforts on Social Security and the probl... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY Unfortunately, one of the biggest misperceptions the American public harbors is that Katrina was a w... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY I could ride on an integrated trolley bus on the base, ... but when I left the base, I had to ride h... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY 'This child's getting old,' he muttered with stark regularity, an old-timey refrain that mountainmen... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY John Kerry had his back against the wall, and in January turned his campaign completely around. DOUGLAS BRINKLEY George McGovern said Hunter's coverage of the 1972 election was the least factually accurate but the... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY He had half their points in every quarter (in the last meeting). The emphasis was not to stop him, b... DAN BRINKLEY We are not going to face a guard as good as Brian Morris. He had 34 points the first game, we wanted... DAN BRINKLEY He was the guy who by his heroic actions gave a morality and dignity to the American military effort... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY February was always the cruelest month for Hunter S. Thompson. An avid NFL fan, Hunter traditionally... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY The Rough Riders brought honor to San Antonio by winning battles in Cuba throughout the summer of 18... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY The myth-making about Appomattox started from the moment Lee left the courthouse on his horse to tra... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY I was stunned to find out there had never been a serious, scholarly biography ever written on Rosa P... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY Stubbornness is a positive quality of presidential leadership - if you're right about what you... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY It was the key to the game. It didn't slow them down. It slowed Jeter down. It kept him on the other... DAN BRINKLEY To Armstrong, constantly speaking about 'Apollo 11' only diminished the magic. That's wh... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you wit... DAVID BRINKLEY The answer to New Orleans's levee woes is painfully obvious: money and willpower. DOUGLAS BRINKLEY He cared that people understood American history in their homes. His love for America came through i... DOUG BRINKLEY Cancer was 'the battle of my life,' he used to say. DOUG BRINKLEY Biography tends to tilt history, because every person you are writing about becomes larger than life... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY It is a long revisionist road up from the bottom for George W. Bush. He is ranked toward the bottom ... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY The world of high-stakes international diplomacy can be rough and tumble, but it's more often th... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY