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“I love yoga, but the namaste thing only takes you so far.”
“Gardening is not my thing. You're digging in the dirt, and then a couple of months later, something happens.”
“Put your choices in perspective.”
“You just are born the way that you're born.”
“If you don't learn from why you're in the position you're in, you are doomed to repeat it. You need to bring meaning to every setback.”
“I really want to train Hillary Clinton.”
“Everybody has haters.”
“It's like, 'Oh, well of course you want gay marriage, you're gay.' I think when heterosexual people are talking to their peers and they're like, 'This is an equal rights thing,' it's a little bit easier.”
“Oh, God, food is a constant struggle for me. With exercise, I get my workout done, and I'm done until tomorrow. With food, I eat, and then an hour later I'm hungry again!”
“It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs.”
“Let's just say I believe in healthy love.”
“I was picked on as a kid. I had a nose the size of a softball plus braces and acne. It was rough.”
“When you eat a piece of white bread, think of it as putting a tissue on a fire. But if you eat something that has wholegrains, whether it's a little bit of oatmeal, a little bit of protein, it's like putting a log on the fire.”
“I had my nose done when I was 16 years old, and I'll be honest: it did change my life.”
“Gay is not a choice.”
“I was homophobic because I obviously didn't know that I was gay.”
“I like to train the body from as many different angles as possible to use every modality available to do it.”
“My mom gave me enough self-worth to carry me through difficult experiences. She was very loving and accepting. She was like, 'Whelp, you're gay? OK, cool.'”
“I think that when moms just give themselves up, the kids know. They feel guilty; they resent their mother for making them feel guilty, and then they grow up and do the same thing. Whereas my mother showed me that it's okay to focus on yourself.”
“Having the right to happiness means having the right to earn it, not having it given to you without effort and action on your part.”