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Physical fitness can neither be acquired by wishful thinking nor by outright purchase.

Joseph Pilates

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Joseph Pilates
Age: 83 †
Born: 1883
Born: December 9
Died: 1967
Died: October 9
Coach
Entrepreneur
Gymnast
Inventor
Pilates Trainer
München-Gladbach
Joseph Hubertus Pilates
Fitness
Acquired
Neither
Physical
Exercise
Motivational
Wishful
Thinking
Outright
Purchase

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