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Lazy breathing converts the lungs, literally and figuratively speaking, into a cemetery for the deposition of diseased, dying and dead germs as well as supplying an ideal haven for the multiplication of other harmful germs.

Joseph Pilates

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Joseph Pilates
Age: 83 †
Born: 1883
Born: December 9
Died: 1967
Died: October 9
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München-Gladbach
Joseph Hubertus Pilates
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