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"The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation."

"Berkeley had a liberal element in the student body who tended to be quite active. I think that's in general a feature of intellectually active places."

"I sink down into my body as into a swamp, fenland, where only I know the footing. I'm a cloud, congealed around a central object, the shape of a pear, which is hard and more real than I am and glows red within its translucent wrapping. Inside it is a space, huge as the sky at night and dark and curved like that, though black-red rather than black."

"The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind."

"Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills."

"The man who has allowed his body to deteriorate cuts a pitiful figure - chest collapsed, stomach protruding."

"The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body."

"I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students had them."
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"Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty."

"The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don't let anyone deter you from that."

"We're not thought of in terms of color because we are entertainers. We are there to entertain you not because we are black, white, pink, or green or gay or straight or because we are Catholic or Protestant."

"Orson Welles was one of these people who was defying everything the doctors told him he wasn't supposed to be doing. He was really enjoying himself when he was eating what he wanted to eat."

"I've always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land."

"This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment."

"Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things."

"When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody's business but ours. What we do in private is our private business."
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