Jillian Michaels Quotes
For years, I always thought it was hilarious that I was this fitness guru, because fitness was just a tool I utilized to help people improve their confidence. For me, it's never been about fitness. It's always been about helping to empower people.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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It's hard for me to view Baltimore outside the context of what Baltimore has always been in my mind: a violent place.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
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You look at science fiction and look how often it talks about being alien, being alienated about the other. Look at the number of blue people - 'Avatar,' I'm looking at you. And it is now easier to find people of color in science-fiction literature and media, but the issues of representation are still really, really troubling.
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Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.
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I've always been interested in strange foods, coming from all different places.
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Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.
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Kanye is the weirdest... He is the weirdest person I know other than me. I've told him that before.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time.
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I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
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Having been subjected to the pigeonholing of Hollywood myself, I realized that once you become a studio-approved director, your chances of ever making your own film again are zero. You make the films that the studio wants you to make.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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I just wanted to defend football, which is not always easy to do. Those of us who have been in the sport so many years now realise we must protect it and look after it. I was speaking about football, what it means. It is our profession, it has been our lives, and we must take care of it a little.
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I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.
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If you want to put out a million CDs and sell them and get them played on the radio, and even videos, or whatever, if that still exists, that kind of muscle can only come from a label like Columbia.
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Actually, I think most people accept the existence of qualia.
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Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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Terrorists convince thousands of people to kill themselves in the name of God. I can't convince two of my friends to help me move.
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For years, I always thought it was hilarious that I was this fitness guru, because fitness was just a tool I utilized to help people improve their confidence. For me, it's never been about fitness. It's always been about helping to empower people.
