I count on chiropractic sessions to keep my body aligned. Standing for hours can impact my posture, and that can throw the rest of my body out of whack. Acupuncture helps me relax and release stress. I'm also very into massage to help release tension in my back, neck, and shoulders.
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Related One of my personal indulgences is getting a weekly massage - it helps to re-align my body. I usually... NOUREEN DEWULF I only have so much ring time that my body can endure. I've had four surgeries on my knees, arth... RONDA ROUSEY I also always carry my flute. It's very important for me to try to relax when I'm travelling... ANDREA BOCELLI But on average, I go to the gym about four or five times a week. Today, I'm so experienced in tr... JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME Yoga reduced my stress and bodily tension. It allowed me to bring my body back into balance, to emer... BRENDA STRONG I'm not strict on my calorie count; I just pay attention to my body. J. J. WATT Core strength and stability is very important to me. Tennis is all about rotation of the body and my... SAMANTHA STOSUR I get a lot of the ideas when I'm resting - either when I'm meditating or getting some kind ... KATY PERRY It changed my life. I've learned to relax and be more in control of my body, instead of having my bo... IMOGENE BENSON I find when I'm overly concerned about what I eat, I stress out my body and put on weight. HAYDEN PANETTIERE He pretty much knows my body, sort of like (Patriots strength and conditioning) coach (Mike) Woicik ... DEION BRANCH It's very important for me to try to relax when I'm travelling, and playing my flute helps m... ANDREA BOCELLI When I use the voice commands, it means I'm not reaching for things on the machine, so I can get com... CINDY OWEN I love yoga because not only is it a workout for your body, but also your breathing, which helps rel... TIA MOWRY At my age, you need to verify that everything is fine. I put a lot of pressure on my body, and I fee... HERMANN MAIER I'm very conscious about putting good food into my body. Years ago, I went to see an amazing hea... TRINNY WOODALL I'm willing to throw my body in front of the bus to stop bad ideas. ELIZABETH WARREN I'm not one who can get by on six hours sleep night after night. You can see it on my face and h... ANNA KENDRICK It's very relaxing and it helps the relationship on so many levels. I don't want someone who doesn't... HAVI HEBER Once in a while, I'll slip and get off my vegan diet and have egg whites in the morning, that... TRAVIS BARKER When I play on grass, my body doesn't ache. It can get sore, but it doesn't pulse, and my le... ALEX MORGAN I'm very physical. I love to work out; I'm very athletic. It's a great therapy, not only... EDGAR RAMIREZ Release the stress you are holding. Feel the tension leave your body. Now, look at the root of your ... AVINA CELESTE I wanted my new release 'Get Back Up' to benefit Haiti in their tragedy and I am blessed to ... TOBYMAC Football management is such a pressurised thing - horseracing is a release. I'm also learning to... ALEX FERGUSON My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me. MAHALIA JACKSON He reached out and pulled me to him, one hand on my waist and the other behind my neck. He tipped my... RICHELLE MEAD To be honest, I know this probably sounds corny or whatever because I'm a musician, but listenin... AUSTIN MAHONE I love the idea that Blake came out of my body when his life began and that part of him is going bac... LAURA HAMBLIN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I'm close with my parents. I have a lot of acquaintances, but my very good close friends are few... CALISTA FLOCKHART What I'm doing with my body and with my golf game, I'm trying to extend the longevity of my ... JASON DAY I release the trigger of my gun and drop it. Before I can lose my nerve, I turn and press my forehea... VERONICA ROTH I release the trigger of my gun and drop it. Before I can lose my nerve, I turn and press my forehea... TRIS PRIOR The more I am in a position to be tried in faith with reference to my body, my family, my service fo... GEORGE MULLER Having balanced nutrition is also very important to keep my body in shape and healthy. CINTIA DICKER Even sleep is part of my job because I need a certain number of hours of sleep to be able to train a... EUGENIE BOUCHARD I had just 15 days to work on my body for the climactic fight of 'Bodyguard.' And I would wo... SALMAN KHAN I'm so happy that this day has come and that the government will release me. I knew in my heart all ... AHILAN NADARAJAH I can't think of anything else I'd want to have on my body for the rest of my life. MAUREEN BRUNT I know my body and I told them I can be back before then. It's such a tough challenge for me that I ... GARY BAXTER I'm trying to stop focusing on my flaws and appreciate what I love about my body. EMILY VANCAMP I'm a real person, and I'm angry. I'm trying to use this celebrity thing to get people s... JAMIE FOXX There you are!" Logan says, and I try to keep my heart from floating out of my body when he smiles a... ELIZABETH EULBERG Since the day I was born, wrestling has sustained me and my family. It's the way my father fed m... EDDIE GUERRERO When I'm at the greatest odds with my body, it's usually because I feel my body's betray... DEMI MOORE Coach Cunningham's my guy. Without me saying a word, he can read my body language and facial exp... NDAMUKONG SUH I'm building a glass pyramid over the Egyptian escalator where my body will be mummified, so my ... MOHAMED AL-FAYED I'm more interested in having a place to work out my voice and my body than I am in having furni... WENDY O. WILLIAMS I like to swim. It's good for the body and it helps clear my head. CARLY RAE JEPSEN I'm happy that I can focus on my body a little bit. I'm not happy to get surgery, but I'... DWYANE WADE I don't want to be the center of attention. My posture has changed. I walk with my head down and... RANDY HARRISON I stroke her lightly, memorizing her body. I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. I want ... SARA GRUEN I take care of my voice; I'm working out the way I would do my body, so that stays in shape. DAVID COVERDALE I can dance beauty into my body PADMA VENKATRAMAN Afterward she lies nestled against me, her hair tickling my face. I stroke her lightly, memorizing h... SARA GRUEN I think of my shows as family reunions. I give 100% every time. I just do. It's a huge therapeut... PAULA COLE The surgery will always be a huge part of my life. I'm going to need to help people with weight ... CARNIE WILSON I was on top of Keanu Reeves, he was on his back and I was on my trunk, and I was breathing down his... HUGO WEAVING I can't stress to you enough how much I can relate to teens being cyberbullied. Something that h... ARIANA GRANDE In my bullpen sessions, I'm just trying to feel comfortable, throw strikes, and not get too comp... DREW POMERANZ Now that I'm more mature, in a funny way, I can even appreciate that I've bad to become more... DANA HILL I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my nest and not move. I travel in ... BELL HOOKS Fuck it right; make me scream your name till sunrise. Free me with your long strokes. Ride my curves... ROSA M. BETANCES In previous roles, I have thought of my body as 'Betty's body,' and I try not to eat too... BETTY GILPIN I'm quite an odd little part of the Venn diagram. I'm not a movie star and beautiful in that... TAMSIN GREIG I do yoga. I do tai chi. I do a lot to keep my body and my spirit together so I can work. MARIANNE FAITHFULL I will keep playing as long as my body lets me, and as long as I'm wanted by my listeners. Becau... RAVI SHANKAR I'm lying in my bed, blanket is warm, this body will never keep me safe from harm. I still feel ... JEFF BUCKLEY I sob and clutch my stuffed bunny. Nick leaps up on my bed and squashes his body against mine, nuzzl... CARRIE JONES I knew that for my body type that shoulder length and hip width are approximately equivalent and tha... CHARLOTTE KING To me, the mind and body are one. I'm very transparent, in a way, and people can very easily mak... DEEPIKA PADUKONE I can't say this enough, I'm totally comfortable with my body. I like my body, I don't t... CAMERON DIAZ Nothing, literally nothing, makes me feel like I'm back to my body more than Pilates. KATE HUDSON On my own, I have very bad posture; I'm clunky. CARICE VAN HOUTEN I'm a woman who is very confident with the body, with my body. IRINA SHAYK I do find, coming form the stage and all that, I've always been conscious of my posture and my b... BRYAN BATT Meditation is a great way to keep my body well-centered while juggling shooting schedules and record... ARIANA GRANDE Yoga stretches out your body and releases lactic acid. I do it four times a week, and my skin feels ... THANDIE NEWTON My silver cord - the link between my body and my spirit - was extremely sensitive. It was what allow... SAMANTHA SHANNON I'm very kinesthetic, and when you're that way, you just feel it in your body. I know that o... NATASSIA MALTHE I'm learning simplicity and how to wear my body. I'm enjoying life and trying to be the best... GELILA BEKELE I have my guy Semi who is my on the road - he's my personal trainer. He helps me out with traini... AVICII I hope I haven't got a battle on my hands. The attorney general of Ontario can consent to his releas... JAMES LOCKYER I need to put the right things in my body before and after I work out, so I end every workout with s... SAM BRADFORD I work extremely hard in the weight room, and also on the court to get better and make sure I keep m... DWIGHT HOWARD I know my role on this team, and I'm expected to prepare and to perform every week and play well... AARON RODGERS I'm the girl that's on the beach with a hat on, under an umbrella. Like, very shaded. But my... DAKOTA FANNING I love the physicality of my job and how my mind and body are most happy when I'm expressing and... ERIN O'CONNOR Normally, I rely heavily on my director to massage me out of my actor comfort zones. VERA FARMIGA All the body wants to do biologically is decompose. Once you die, it's, 'Let me out here! I&... CAITLIN DOUGHTY On the other hand, I'm very tolerant as well. I expect that everybody can play what they want. I... EBERHARD WEBER I am like the sick sheep that strays from the rest of the flock. Unless the Good Shepherd takes me o... ST. JEROME My dad used to call me 'the human pretzel' because I was able to bend my body, and because m... ERIN ANDREWS I wanted him. I arched my back, fully aware of how vulnerable that made me and that I was giving him... RICHELLE MEAD For me, I always think about keeping my upper body relaxed, my hips level, and my right side down on... BRITTANY BOWE It took years for me to figure out what my body needs and that what works for my friends doesn't... KALEY CUOCO I love boxing, MMA, and hiking with my dog. I work out 3 times a week, and on my off days, I do yoga... NATALIE MARTINEZ After doing a juice cleanse, I'm motivated to eat healthier and not emotionally. Cleansing is li... SALMA HAYEK If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window. SAMUEL BECKETT
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DE MONTESQUIEU Commerce is the cure for the most destructive prejudices. DE MONTESQUIEU In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also is despotic governments: in the fo... DE MONTESQUIEU There is a French saying: ''Love is the dawn of marriage, and marriage is the sunset of love.'' DE FINOD We would prefer to see a more expedient transfer of properties and the backlog ? being cleared. DE RAUVILLE Hope is the gay skylarking pajamas we wear over yesterday's bruises DE CASSERES There has been softening in share prices after March month end. DE RAUVILLE To remain virtuous a man has only to combat his own desires; a woman must resist her own inclination... DE LATENA Most of those children don't have one-tenth of the opportunity my children had, and I don't think th... DE KNUDSON I am extremely supportive of communities being able to make their own decisions regarding tobacco, a... DE KNUDSON I believe there are many dysfunctional families in our community. I am particularly concerned about ... DE KNUDSON Many of the students want to come back tomorrow. My hope is to introduce history to all of the stude... DE HEARN It was a good education for the students. DE HEARN We wanted the students to recognize and participate in the unique history of Wall. Students should h... DE HEARN All bow to virtue, and then walk away DE FINOD One of the greatest sources of suffering is to have an inborn sense of honor DE CASSERES How intoxicating is the triumph of beauty, and how right it is to name it queen of the universe! Ho... DE SURIN It is completely unacceptable how patients are treated by some of the staff and something has to be ... DE LANGE Indolence is the sleep of the mind.
[Fr., L'indolence est le sommeil des esprits.] LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.
[Fr., Il est difficile d'estimer quelq... LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and
magnificent, such close neighbors that th... BERNARD DE BOVIER DE FONTENELLE Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great. ROGER DE RABUTIN DE BUSSY The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.] LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES Obscurity is the realm of error.
[Fr., L'obscurite est le royaume de l'erreur.] LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.
[Fr., La clarte orne les pensees profondes.] LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES An optimist is a man who plant two acorns and buy a hammock. JEAN DE LATTRE DE TASSIGNY Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers.
[Fr., La clarte est la bonne foi des philosophes.] LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.
[Fr., Les merchants sont toujours sur... LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES Prosperity makes few friends.
[Fr., La proserite fait peu d'amis.] LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.
[Fr., Le fruit du travail est le plus d... LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES Clearness ornaments profound thoughts. LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES The conscience of the dying belies their life. LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish. LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures. LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it is a proof that it should be rejected. LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES Prosperity makes few friends. LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES The maxims of men reveal their characters. LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES To execute great things, one should live as though one would never die. LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold. ALANUS DE INSULUS (ALAIN DE L'ISLE) Who knows but that hereafter some traveller like myself will sit
down upon the banks of the Seine, ... CONSTANTIN FRANCOIS DE CHASSEBEOUF DE VOLNEY When we have not what we love, we must love what we have.
[Fr., Quand on n'a pas ce que l'on aime,... ROGER DE BUSSY-RABUTIN (DE BUSSY) A new maxim is often a brilliant error. CHRETIEN-GUILLAUME DE LAMOIGNON DE MALESHERBES We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible. CHRETIEN-GUILLAUME DE LAMOIGNON DE MALESHERBES The human heart will never wrinkle. MARIE DE RABUTIN-CHANTAL DE SéVIGNé We have access to practical, ethical and scientifically established methods of birth control. So I t... CHRISTIAN DE DUVE Good painting is like good cooking; it can be tasted, but not explained. MAURICE DE VLAMINCK Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning a... MADAME DE STAEL Useless laws weaken the necessary laws. CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU Human morality is unthinkable without empathy. FRANS DE WAAL I am personally not against keeping animals at zoos, as they serve a huge educational purpose, but t... FRANS DE WAAL I was named Margaret Yvonne. 'Margaret' because my mother was very fond of one of the deriva... YVONNE DE CARLO I found I had the ability to do comedy. My timing was really inborn. YVONNE DE CARLO I'm from Hollywood; I'm too dumb to be nervous about New York. YVONNE DE CARLO Men, no matter what their promises, rarely leave their spouses... the louses. YVONNE DE CARLO I enjoyed being in 'The Ten Commandments.' That was a great experience - to suddenly become ... YVONNE DE CARLO I guess I lead a double life, and I must admit I'm happy with both. YVONNE DE CARLO After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a prop... YVONNE DE CARLO The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her... ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE I hope to see the bringing together of all the best educated people of the earth into a worldwide Co... MARQUIS DE CONDORCET If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from ro... THOMAS DE QUINCEY Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to d... SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN I've always been a geek, so I've always used the Internet, perhaps at first for autopromotio... TATIANA DE ROSNAY When you grew up in France in the 1970s and 80s, the Vel' d'Hiv wasn't part of the histo... TATIANA DE ROSNAY Sometimes I get to see a movie that's adapted from a book that I haven't heard about or that... TATIANA DE ROSNAY I'm a writer. I'm not an actress. TATIANA DE ROSNAY I think books and movies are going to go a long way together in the future. I think we writers are v... TATIANA DE ROSNAY There are two of my favorite books, 'The Great Gatsby' and 'Gone With The Wind', tha... 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CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I think, and out of all that I try to form an idea into which ... MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE Emotions have taught mankind to reason. LUC DE CLAPIERS Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers. LUC DE CLAPIERS Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good. LUC DE CLAPIERS To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die. LUC DE CLAPIERS Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself. LUC DE CLAPIERS When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected. LUC DE CLAPIERS The maxims of men reveal their characters. LUC DE CLAPIERS Obscurity is the realm of error. LUC DE CLAPIERS The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good. LUC DE CLAPIERS The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures. LUC DE CLAPIERS The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great amb... LUC DE CLAPIERS Those who can bear all can dare all. LUC DE CLAPIERS We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather. LUC DE CLAPIERS One can not be just if one is not humane. LUC DE CLAPIERS Clearness ornaments profound thoughts. LUC DE CLAPIERS Patience is the art of hoping. LUC DE CLAPIERS All grand thoughts come from the heart. LUC DE CLAPIERS Indolence is the sleep of the mind. LUC DE CLAPIERS One promises much, to avoid giving little. LUC DE CLAPIERS Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something. LUC DE CLAPIERS Great thoughts come from the heart. LUC DE CLAPIERS The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught. LUC DE CLAPIERS The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success. LUC DE CLAPIERS The art of pleasing is the art of deception. LUC DE CLAPIERS The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the m... LUC DE CLAPIERS One is not born a woman, but becomes one. SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about... SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain it... SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Art is an attempt to integrate evil. SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their ... SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of lov... SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, ... SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiorit... SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in ... AGNES DE MILLE I think I'm well on the way of overcoming a very big hurdle that's been in my way for severa... REBECCA DE MORNAY I would watch anything with Meryl Streep in it. OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND All of Hollywood was convinced that 'Gone with the Wind' would be a colossal disaster and ra... OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND What bothered me was playing one-dimensional parts in films which were really about, 'Boy Meets ... OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND