'Life', said Emerson, "consists in what a man is thinking all day. " If that be so, then my life is nothing but a big intestine.
What we're trying to do is get things fixed, not allow them to stay broke.
You can't make people smarter. You can expose them to information, but your responsibility stops there.
The only legitimate use for a glove is to cover an injury. . . A desire to prevent callus formation (possibly so as to not snag one's pantyhose) does not constitute a legitimate use. And if you do insist on wearing gloves, make sure they match your purse.
On resting in between reps: It varies with the length of the set. 5s or fewer get a breath to reset. Longer sets might take 2 breaths. During the last few reps of a true 20RM squat, just do what Jesus tells you. Trust me, if you do an honest 20 rep program, at some point Jesus will talk to you. On the last day of the program, he asked if he could work in.
There is never an absolute answer to everything, except of course that you have to do your squats.
People seem to have acquired the idea that they have the inalienable right to stroll through life without either having sweated, picked up anything heavy, worked hard, or eaten less than they wanted at every meal. This approach is, of course, wrong. And it has resulted in a lot of expensive, unattractive, and entirely preventable problems amongst people who seem puzzled about why things aren't going well.
I've just always loved animals. So I've often thought that if I weren't a writer I'd work for some nonprofit organization that does something positive for animals.
When you trace a particle back to its origins, you find that it's nothing but pure energy. All of us come from this energy field.
Entertain me, heroes of Olympus. Give me a reason to do more. " Bacchus to Percy and Jason
I imagine as long as people will continue to read novels, people will continue to write them, or vice versa; unless of course the pictorial magazines and comic strips finally atrophy man's capacity to read, and literature really is on its way back to the picture writing in the Neanderthal cave.