Quote by John Donne
When I must shipwrack, I would do it in a sea, where mine impotenc

When I must shipwrack, I would do it in a sea, where mine impotencie might have some excuse; not in a sullen weedy lake, where I could not have so much as exercise for my swimming. – John Donne

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Let us love nobly, and live, and add again years and years unto years, till we attain to write threescore: this is the second of our reign. – John Donne

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I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry. – John Donne

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Im not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain. – Carol Leifer

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We are under exercised as a nation. We look instead of play. We ride instead of walk. Our existence deprives us of the minimum of physical activity essential for healthy living. – John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might find it better in terms of pound per mile to go to a massage parlor. – Christiaan Barnard

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Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. – Edward Stanley

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Film-makers are always going to be interested in making movies that plug into society around them. Thats what a vibrant, artistically alert community should be doing. After all, it would be sad if we only made films about alien robots. – Mark Boal

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