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" You rarely get satisfaction sitting in an easy chair. If you work in a garden on the other hand, and it yields beautiful tomatoes, that's a good feeling. "

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" A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits. "

" Of course, Minneapolis, we think, 'Oh well, it's cold there, lethally cold.' But the reality is you adapt to weather... Humans are consummately adaptable creatures. "

" The secret to longevity, as I see it, has less to do with diet, or even exercise, and more to do with the environment in which a person lives: social and physical. What do I mean by this? They live rewardingly inconvenient lives. "

" We often think about happiness as trying to increase our joy, but it's also about decreasing our worry. So what you get for paying those high taxes is, if you're a parent thinking about putting your child through school, you don't have to worry about it, because all education through college is free. "

" I know exactly what my values are and what I love to do. That's worth additional years right there. I say no to a lot of stuff that would be easy money but deviates from my meaning of life. "

" You have to know why you get up every morning. "

" None of the longest-lived people ran marathons or pumped iron. They live exactly as their grandparents before them - surrounded by family and friends. "

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" The brutal reality about aging is that it has only an accelerator pedal. We have yet to discover whether a brake exists for people. "

" Having a purpose and knowing exactly what your values are will add additional years to your life. "

" Select your friendships carefully. Gather people around you who will reinforce your lifestyle. "

" The longest-lived people eat a plant-based diet. They eat meat but only as a condiment or a celebration. Nothing they eat has a plastic wrapper. "

" The luster of an experience can actually go up with time. So, learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language - those sorts of things will pay dividends for years or decades to come. "

" The name of the game is to keep from pushing the accelerator pedal so hard that we speed up the aging process. The average American, however, by living a fast and furious lifestyle, pushes that accelerator too hard and too much. "

" I live on the water. I live in a neighborhood that's consummately connected to my neighbors. I bump into them every day. I can bike to work. "

" Serve yourself, put the food away, then eat. "

" Inconvenience yourself: ditch the remote, the garage door opener, the leaf-blower; buy a bike, broom, rake, and snow shovel. "

" The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits. "

" Have fun, be active. Ride a bike instead of driving, for example. "

" Diet and supplements and exercise programs aren't what is achieving longevity. Having a faith-based community can add four to 14 years. "

" I have always followed exactly what interests me and never really worried about the money. And when you think about it, to be able to travel the world... on an expense account and do exactly what interests you, it just doesn't get much better than that. "

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