#exercises

A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration. ↗

— Richard Schickel

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Normally I make myself swim, do exercises. For zest I like going to the cinema. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

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The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in the afternoon, eat a light supper - perhaps Welsh rarebit - and then arrive early to do some stretching exercises in the foyer before curtain-up. ↗

— Arthur Smith

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Core strength and stability is very important to me. Tennis is all about rotation of the body and my ability to create power. I incorporate a lot of abdominal, back and glute exercises into my gym sessions. ↗

— Samantha Stosur

#about #back #body #core #create

I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and if I'm not in a hurry, I will lie on the floor on a rug, look through some books and magazines, and maybe listen to music and try to do stretching exercises to tune up. ↗

— Jackson Browne

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The Stanford prison experiment came out of class exercises in which I encouraged students to understand the dynamics of prison life. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

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For me, it's like biking around the neighborhood, the walks and stuff, because I have never enjoyed the gym. Or I'll do, since I used to dance a lot, all the old dance exercises. ↗

— Delta Burke

#because #biking #dance #enjoyed #exercises

Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust. ↗

— Grover Cleveland

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In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises. ↗

— Ken Thompson

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I exercise every morning. I do light weights - 5lb and 10lb arm exercises - and then lie and lift my arms and legs. It's all about keeping core strength. I do a lot of stretching too. ↗

— Larry Hagman

#arm #arms #core #every #exercise