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A boxer's diet should be low in fat and high in proteins and sugar. Therefore you should eat plenty of lean meat, milk, leafy vegetables, and fresh fruit and ice cream for sugar.
Gene Tunney

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
George Herbert

A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnessary.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Because muscle is heavier than fat, dancers weigh more than you might think, but they are usually very lean.
Deborah Bull

Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain what he gives to us.
William Ames

Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice.
Black Elk

Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one another (like the two lean horses of a Calcutta hack who can only just stand together)? I have not.
Frederick Pollock

Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now.
Greta Scacchi

Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life.
Akhenaton

I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on.
Julie Andrews

I am often on guard over the Russians. In the darkness one sees their forms move like stick storks, like great birds. They come close up to the wire fence and lean their faces against it. Their fingers hook round the mesh.
Erich Maria Remarque

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like doing physical movies and I like doing movies where the writing is very lean.
Jodie Foster

I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions.
Gene Tierney

I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down.
Nora Roberts

I had read the novel and I had heard David Lean was going to direct it - and it came as a surprise to me because American actors, if given the chance, can do style as well as anybody and speak as well as anybody.
Rod Steiger

I lean towards traditionally what people would consider the more negative side of life.
Josh Silver

I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist.
John Cale

I was able to lean on people for favors and things to help out because their budget was so low. It was half of what John Travolta's perk package is on a film. Our whole budget was half of what his staff makes on a film.
James Woods

I was always a mean and lean athlete - not tall - not large.
Edwin Moses

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