#gains

You know, I looked at my face in the mirror this morning, and I like being old. My face has more content and when I train in the gym now, I am not training to be strong or handsome - just better than I was yesterday. These days the race is just against myself. ↗

— Jean Claude Van Damme

#am #be strong #being #better #content

Your body has enough weight for you to be in perfect condition just working against yourself. ↗

— Jean Claude Van Damme

#body #condition #enough #just #perfect

Somebody warned me early on to be very careful about brushing up against the chocolate. ↗

— Geena Davis

#against #brushing #careful #chocolate #early

Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God. ↗

— Judy Davis

#dramatic #god #got #ideas #men

I extend my deepest gratitude to our Armed Forces and first responders serving both at home and abroad in the war against terrorism. ↗

— John Doolittle

#against #armed #armed forces #both #deepest

Humor has always been important to me. If there is a shield of faith that you can keep up against difficulties, humor is the Teflon coating. ↗

— Laurel Lee

#always #been #difficulties #faith #humor

Like a good general, I treated everyone who wasn't with me as against me. ↗

— Michael Dukakis

#everyone #general #good #i #like

I'm using the afterlife as a backdrop against which to explore the joys and complexities of being human - it turns out that it's a great lens with which to understand what matters to us. ↗

— David Eagleman

#against #backdrop #being #being human #complexities

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us. ↗

— George Eliot

#always #been #circumstance #greater #had

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#against #complex #guard #influence #military-industrial