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In 'Dublinesque', Spanish writer Enrique Vila-Matas inverts the terms of Joyce's 'Ulysses' and tells the story of a man who, after living a hyperkinetic life like those of Odysseus and Leopold Bloom, resolves to never leave his room again and to reduce his mental activity to a minimum.

~Alvaro Enrigue

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The well-known inspiration for 'Ulysses' is made clear by the title itself: Joyce's novel is based on Homer's 'Odyssey', under the ever-fascinating premise that all of Odysseus' extraordinary adventures can be experienced by a modern man in a single day, provided that the writing consists of his mental activity.

~Alvaro Enrigue

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As a youth, I always did a good deal of reading in the summer months, having suffered since birth from an allergy to athletic activity.

~Amor Towles

Topics: Activity Allergy Always Athletic Birth Deal Did Good Good Deal Having Months Reading Since Suffered Summer Youth

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I love playing tennis. To me this is not a workout, but a fun extracurricular activity I do with friends so it doesn't feel like I'm working out.

~Ana De La Reguera

Topics: Activity Feel Friends Fun Like Love Me Out Playing Tennis Working Workout I Love

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I need nine hours of sleep because of all the activity I do. It doesn't always happen, but I really try.

~Ana Ivanovic

Topics: Activity Always Because Happen Hours Need Nine Really Sleep Try

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My high school experience was kind of like 'Mean Girls.' It was very much like a bad B movie. 'This is where the jocks sit, and this is where the cheerleaders sit.' And I never really fit in. I guess I was sort of a theatre geek, but the activity that I was most invested in was speech and debate.

~Andie Macdowell

Topics: Activity Bad Debate Experience Fit Geek Girl Guess High High School Invested Kind Like Mean Most Movie Much Never Really School Sit Sort Speech Theatre Very Where

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The activity of a singer that sings opera is similar to that of an athlete.

~Andrea Bocelli

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Food really is fuel - and hydration as well - but for athletic activity, you really got to take it seriously, or else it can negatively impact your performance.

~Andrew Luck

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What if the slowdown in merger activity isn't cyclical, but secular? What if corporations have learned the lessons of so many companies before them that the odds of a successful merger are no better than 50-50 and probably less? Is it possible that the biggest deals have already been done?

~Andrew Ross Sorkin

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Human bodies are designed for regular physical activity. The sedentary nature of much of modern life probably plays a significant role in the epidemic incidence of depression today. Many studies show that depressed patients who stick to a regimen of aerobic exercise improve as much as those treated with medication.

~Andrew Weil

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