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This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men.


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A. J. MCLEAN Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay w...
A. J. MCLEAN I'm the type of guy who likes to be there 24-7. I'm Mr. Roses.
A. J. MCLEAN Be very, very patient and very open-minded, and listen to what people have to say.
A. J. MCLEAN I'm a bit of an insomniac. I go to bed at 5am because I get caught up in watching TV or listenin...
A. J. MCLEAN No one's a virgin, life screws us all!
A. J. MCLEAN I look good. I feel good and not to sound conceited I sound great.
A. J. MCLEAN You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the g...
A. J. MCLEAN I have a great life and I'm super active.
A. J. LANGER I don't look at myself as suffering.
A. J. LANGER If I'm not living from my heart, I get sick.
A. J. LANGER You have to trust your body to take care of you.
A. J. LANGER You can't be a victim and heal.
A. J. LANGER It's sort of my job to feel good.
A. J. JACOBS I have little shame, no dignity - all in the name of a better cause.
A. J. JACOBS I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
A. J. JACOBS I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.
A. J. JACOBS I was very good at sitting. But I just read so much research about how horrible sitting is for you. ...
A. J. JACOBS There's a very passionate pro-chewing movement on the Internet called Chewdiasm. They say that w...
A. J. JACOBS I tried the paleo diet, which is the caveman diet - lots of meat. And I tried the calorie restrictio...
A. J. JACOBS The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
A. J. JACOBS My goal? To test out every diet and exercise regimen on planet earth and figure out which work best....
A. J. JACOBS The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or h...
A. J. JACOBS I guess John Wayne would be one. I just respected the way he acted.
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