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One thing I love to do when I'm working out is take my watch off, take my heart strap off, and just run - not for time, not for exertion, but just to get the blood flowing.

~Abby Wambach

Topics: Blood Exertion Flowing Get Heart Just Love Off One Thing Out Run Take Thing Time Watch Working I Love

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Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.

~Anna Pavlova

Topics: Achieved Cannot Depends Except Exertion Hard Hard Work Individual Initiative Large Measure Success Very Work

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Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

~B. C. Forbes

Topics: Act Difficulties Exertion Greater Should Spur Tonic Us

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War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.

~Carl Von Clausewitz

Topics: Domain Exertion Physical Suffering War

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The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of a few wheels, its effect is spread over the whole twenty-four hours.

~Charles Babbage

Topics: Aid Almost Daily Devote Effect Exertion Few Half Hours Insensible Labour Minute Our Over Spread Twenty-Four Watches Wheels Which Whole

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In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.

~Charles Babbage

Topics: Ability Attraction Cannot Circumstance Coupled England Even Exertion Fail Hold Law Obtaining Out Profession Reward Seems Strongest Talent Though Which

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There is also a perfection of degrees, by which a person performs all the commands of God, with the full exertion of all his powers, without the least defect. This is what the law of God requires, but what the saints cannot attain to in this life.

~Charles Buck

Topics: Also Attain Cannot Commands Defect Degrees Exertion Full God His Law Least Life Perfection Performs Person Powers Requires Saints Which Without

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I was never much of a musical theater guy, but I have so much more respect for the art form, the physical exertion of doing eight shows on Broadway a week, I cannot even fathom it.

~Chris Pine

Topics: Art Art Form Broadway Cannot Doing Eight Even Exertion Fathom Form Guy More Much Musical Musical Theater Never Physical Respect Shows Theater Week

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Congress needs strong parties, but it also needs the capacity to deal with budget and entitlement challenges that are likely beyond the reach of pure partisan exertion.

~David Price

Topics: Also Beyond Budget Capacity Challenges Congress Deal Entitlement Exertion Likely Needs Parties Partisan Pure Reach Strong

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I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.

~Edgar Allan Poe

Topics: Active Effect Exertion Faith Happy He Human Humanity Man More Nor Now Only Than Think Will Wise Years Years Ago I Think

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