Marcus Aurelius is my new one. The Roman emperor who wrote a book called Meditations, which was the beginning of Stoicism. And that's my obsession now, is Marcus Aurelius.
A clip from Graham Bensinger's In Depth interview, posted on Bensinger's Facebook page on 2025-02-12; he says he is 70 and has a movie coming out in about a month, which places the interview in spring 2024. Quote transcribed from the clip's audio (0:13–0:26), the interviewer's "How so?" left out.
If you ask me my three keys to a successful life, you want my three keys? Transcendental meditation, lift weights, espresso. You just do those three things and you will kill it.
A clip from Graham Bensinger's In Depth interview, posted on Bensinger's Facebook page on 2025-02-12; he says he is 70 and has a movie coming out in about a month, which places the interview in spring 2024. Quote transcribed from the clip's audio (4:18–4:35). Earlier in the clip he says he does it at least twice a day.
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