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Sun Myung Moon Religious Leader
Training

"This is why God created so many different religions: to be training grounds to make a path for every people, culture, custom, and tradition. Religions polish people to be qualified to enter the region of the original homeland. Because of humankind's many different cultural backgrounds, God sought and set the standard of comparison and has been leading the way toward one unified religious world."

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Pema Chodron Buddhist Teacher, Author
Training

"Few of us are satisfied with retreating from the world and just working on ourselves. We want our training to manifest and to be of benefit. The bodhisattva-warrior, therefore, makes a vow to wake up not just for himself but for the welfare of all beings."

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Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Training

"Since weight training involves repetitions, a great deal of energy must be exerted. Therefore, weight training should be practiced only every other day."

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Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Training

"Training is one of the most neglected phases of athletics. Too much time is given to the development of skill and too little to the development of the individual for participation."

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Socrates Philosopher
Training

"No citizen has any right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training; it is part of his profession as a citizen to keep himself in good condition... [It is] a disgrace for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and the strength of which his body is capable."

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Julian Simon Economist
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"Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns of training people for that behavior, which tend on balance to lead people to create rather than destroy. Humans are, on net balance, builders rather than destroyers."

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Reggie Watts Comedian, Musician
Training

"Religions are the training wheels of self enlightenment. They can be helpful in the beginning but at some point they must be let go."

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Simone de Beauvoir Philosopher, Writer
Training

"…but all day long I would be training myself to think, to understand, to criticize, to know myself; I was seeking for the absolute truth: this preoccupation did not exactly encourage polite conversation."

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Cain Velasquez Mixed Martial Artist, Wrestler
Training

"You need good training partners - because you’re only as good as your training partners - and a strong desire to always get better."

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Esther Williams Actress
Training

"My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward."

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