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None of the longest-lived people ran marathons or pumped iron. They live exactly as their grandparents before them - surrounded by family and friends.

~Dan Buettner

Topics: Before Exactly Family Family And Friends Friends Grandparents Iron Live None People Pumped Ran Surrounded Them

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Walking is the only way proven to stave off cognitive decline - it works.

~Dan Buettner

Topics: Cognitive Decline Off Only Proven Walking Way Works

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We often think about happiness as trying to increase our joy, but it's also about decreasing our worry. So what you get for paying those high taxes is, if you're a parent thinking about putting your child through school, you don't have to worry about it, because all education through college is free.

~Dan Buettner

Topics: About Also Because Child College Education Free Get Happiness High Increase Joy Often Our Parent Paying Putting School Taxes Think Thinking Those Through Trying Worry You Your Your Child

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I live on the water. I live in a neighborhood that's consummately connected to my neighbors. I bump into them every day. I can bike to work.

~Dan Buettner

Topics: Bike Bump Connected Day Every Every Day Live Neighborhood Neighbors Them Water Work I Can

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Of course, Minneapolis, we think, 'Oh well, it's cold there, lethally cold.' But the reality is you adapt to weather... Humans are consummately adaptable creatures.

~Dan Buettner

Topics: Adapt Adaptable Cold Course Creatures Humans Oh Reality Think Weather Well You

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I have always followed exactly what interests me and never really worried about the money. And when you think about it, to be able to travel the world... on an expense account and do exactly what interests you, it just doesn't get much better than that.

~Dan Buettner

Topics: Able About Account Always Better Exactly Exactly What Expense Followed Get Interests Just Me Money Much Never Really Than Think Travel World Worried You

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The name of the game is to keep from pushing the accelerator pedal so hard that we speed up the aging process. The average American, however, by living a fast and furious lifestyle, pushes that accelerator too hard and too much.

~Dan Buettner

Topics: Aging American Average Average American Fast Furious Game Hard However Keep Lifestyle Living Much Name Pedal Process Pushes Pushing Speed Too Too Much Up

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Deepen your existing spiritual commitment.

~Dan Buettner

Topics: Commitment Deepen Existing Spiritual Your

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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.

~Dan Buettner

Topics: Activity Advantage Big Big Things Learned Regular Things

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Centenarians are still living near their children and feel loved and the expectation to love. Instead of being mere recipients of care, they are contributors to the lives of their families. They grow gardens to contribute vegetables, they continue to cook and clean.

~Dan Buettner

Topics: Being Care Children Clean Continue Contribute Cook Expectation Families Feel Gardens Grow Instead Lives Living Love Loved Mere Near Recipients Still To Love Vegetables

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Nationality: American

Type: Explorer

Born: Unknown

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