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The essence of decay is inactivity.
Jack LaLanne
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Jack LaLanne
Age: 96 †
Born: 1914
Born: September 26
Died: 2011
Died: January 23
Actor
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Businessperson
Chiropractor
Dietitian
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Nutritionist
Television Actor
Television Show Host
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San Francisco County
California
Francois Henri LaLanne
Francois LaLanne
Jack Lalanne
Francois Lalanne
Inactivity
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Essence
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You can exercise vigorously and eat junk and get by. But you can't eat perfectly and not exercise. Look at many athletes today they are human garbage cans. They eat anything, but they exercise so hard they burn it up. But why not exercise and put the right fuel in too?
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Be young. Keep yourself young by having a good, sporty car like a Corvette. It keeps you on your toes. It keeps you young. It keeps you thinking young. It keeps you thinking modern and good things. Corvette is a modern, modern automobile.
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I'd rather see you drink a glass of wine than a glass of milk. So many people drink Coca-Cola and all these soft drinks with sugar. Some of these drinks have 8 or 9 teaspoons of sugar in them What's the good of living if you can't have the things that give a little enjoyment?
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The most important person on this earth is you. What are you doing to help the most important person in this world: you? To live right, you have to exercise, have goals and challenges.
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Be an example of what you teach. [As a personal trainer], delve into your student's life, know everything about him. Be interested.
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The crusade is never off my mind - the exercise I do, the food I eat, the thought I think - all this and how I can help make my profession better-respected. To me, this one thing - physical culture and nutrition - is the salvation of America.
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I think fat, out-of-shape people should be fined.
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The hell what you USED to do! It's what you're doing NOW and what you're GOING to do.
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If it tastes good, spit it out. All those cakes and pies and candy and ice cream -- all that terrible fast food stuff! I just bought a new corvette sports car ... would I put oil in the gas tank? Would I?
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If you're tired and pooped out all the time, do you have love and compassion in your heart for your fellow man? You don't even like yourself!
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I'm a believer in routine. I like to see people work out at the same time each day.
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You don't have to call it God or Jesus. That's religious humbug to a lot of people, but you've gotta believe that nature and spiritual things surround us. That is what put us here! I thank the universe for that every day of my life.
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