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"I tell students they will know they are getting somewhere when a scene is so painful they can just barely bring themselves to write about it. A writer has to draw blood."

"I tell students they will know they are getting somewhere when a scene is so painful they can just barely bring themselves to write about it. A writer has to draw blood."

Robert Morgan, American Soldier

Blood, Students, Will, Writer

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"Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can. Always stay near me, for tomorrow I will have much to do and more than I ever had, and tomorrow blood will leave my body above the breast."

"Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can. Always stay near me, for tomorrow I will have much to do and more than I ever had, and tomorrow blood will leave my body above the breast."

Joan of Arc, French Celebrity

Blood, Body, Today, Tomorrow

46

"Want of pluck shows want of blood."

"Want of pluck shows want of blood."

Virgil, Roman Poet

45

"When we talk about stem cells, we are actually talking about a complicated series of things, including adult stem cells which are largely cells devoted to replacing individual tissues like blood elements or liver or even the brain."

"When we talk about stem cells, we are actually talking about a complicated series of things, including adult stem cells which are largely cells devoted to replacing individual tissues like blood elements or liver or even the brain."

David Baltimore, American Scientist

Blood, Talk, Talking

44

"No candy bars unless I've had a low blood sugar where I'm shaky."

"No candy bars unless I've had a low blood sugar where I'm shaky."

Mary Tyler Moore, American Actress

44

"You get very tired, and there was a certain amount of pain and you slow up. Your legs are so tired that you are in fact slowing. If you don't keep running, keep your blood circulating, the muscles stop pumping the blood back and you get dizzy."

"You get very tired, and there was a certain amount of pain and you slow up. Your legs are so tired that you are in fact slowing. If you don't keep running, keep your blood circulating, the muscles stop pumping the blood back and you get dizzy."

Roger Bannister, British Athlete

Blood, Fact, Pain, Running

43

"I did not see his face, because he was all covered with blood."

"I did not see his face, because he was all covered with blood."

Lizzie Andrew Borden, American Celebrity

42

"When I jerked it out the head remained in my leg, where it remains still. There were a couple of inches of blood on the shaft of the arrow when I pulled it out."

"When I jerked it out the head remained in my leg, where it remains still. There were a couple of inches of blood on the shaft of the arrow when I pulled it out."

George Crook, American Soldier

42

"I know that I'm very lucky to be alive. For 35 or 40 years I've spilt my blood and broke my bones and spent years in hospitals."

"I know that I'm very lucky to be alive. For 35 or 40 years I've spilt my blood and broke my bones and spent years in hospitals."

Evel Knievel, American Entertainer

Blood, Hospitals, Years

42

"Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before the faithful, blood before the unbeliever."

"Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before the faithful, blood before the unbeliever."

Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani Poet

Blood, Destiny, Prison, Water

42

"The most realistic blood I've seen is when Marlon Brando gets beat up in On The Waterfront."

"The most realistic blood I've seen is when Marlon Brando gets beat up in On The Waterfront."

George A. Romero, American Director

41

"I do think the story in Halloween 5 is a bit stupid, and there's a lot more blood. They're obviously going to take the Halloween series in a different direction."

"I do think the story in Halloween 5 is a bit stupid, and there's a lot more blood. They're obviously going to take the Halloween series in a different direction."

Donald Pleasence, English Actor

Blood, Direction

41

"Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable."

"Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable."

Hosea Ballou, American Clergyman

Blood, Exaggeration, Falsehood

41

"Let us not be afraid to see the hatred that consumes the lives of hundreds of thousands of Arabs who sit around us and wait for the moment when their hands will be able to reach our blood."

"Let us not be afraid to see the hatred that consumes the lives of hundreds of thousands of Arabs who sit around us and wait for the moment when their hands will be able to reach our blood."

Moshe Dayan, Israeli Soldier

Blood, Hatred, Will

41

"Then I heard another shot which hit him right in the head, over here, and his head practically opened up and a lot of blood and many more things came out."

"Then I heard another shot which hit him right in the head, over here, and his head practically opened up and a lot of blood and many more things came out."

Abraham Zapruder, Ukrainian Businessman

41

"I wanted it so badly that there was no choice. It's like something in your blood that you have to do."

"I wanted it so badly that there was no choice. It's like something in your blood that you have to do."

Delta Burke, American Actress

40

"I am a great believer in found families and I'm not a great believer in blood."

"I am a great believer in found families and I'm not a great believer in blood."

Joss Whedon, American Writer

40

"The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me."

"The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

40

"Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons."

"Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons."

Will Cuppy, American Writer

Blood, Famous, Thinking

39

"Twice a week I would receive injections or IV's of Factor VIII which clotted the blood and then broke it down."

"Twice a week I would receive injections or IV's of Factor VIII which clotted the blood and then broke it down."

Ryan White, American Celebrity

39

"I think I'll take a bath in his blood."

"I think I'll take a bath in his blood."

Mike Tyson, American Athlete

39

"Nothing changes without blood flowing."

"Nothing changes without blood flowing."

Tom Metzger, American Celebrity

39

"Racing is in my blood, I can't quite get out of it yet."

"Racing is in my blood, I can't quite get out of it yet."

Dick Trickle, American Celebrity

39

"He is so old that his blood type was discontinued."

"He is so old that his blood type was discontinued."

Bill Dana, American Comedian

38

"The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins."

"The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins."

Caleb Cushing, American Diplomat

Blood, England, Old, Right

38

"Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood."

"Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood."

Herb Ritts, American Photographer

Blood, Culture, Photography

38

"When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do something similar to the first version and wanted to know what other pieces would be on the same CD."

"When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do something similar to the first version and wanted to know what other pieces would be on the same CD."

Gavin Bryars, English Composer

38

"We should demand his blood not from the Arabs of Gaza but from ourselves. Let us make our reckoning today."

"We should demand his blood not from the Arabs of Gaza but from ourselves. Let us make our reckoning today."

Moshe Dayan, Israeli Soldier

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"Here is also to be noted, that the cause of the institution was to be a memorial, to testify that Christ's body was given, and his blood shed for us."

"Here is also to be noted, that the cause of the institution was to be a memorial, to testify that Christ's body was given, and his blood shed for us."

William Tyndale, English Clergyman

Blood, Body, Cause, Christ

38

"Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank."

"Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank."

Richard Branson, British Businessman

Blood, Competition

37

"One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills."

"One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills."

Earl Wilson, American Journalist

Blood, Pressure

37

"Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric."

"Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric."

Thomas Sowell, American Economist

Blood, Freedom, Rhetoric

37

"I think sometimes all the charities are doing is mopping up the blood. It's a shame."

"I think sometimes all the charities are doing is mopping up the blood. It's a shame."

Thom Yorke, English Musician

37

"But cord blood also holds the great potential of producing pleural potential cells that could cure many other diseases such as juvenile diabetes, a disease that I live with every day."

"But cord blood also holds the great potential of producing pleural potential cells that could cure many other diseases such as juvenile diabetes, a disease that I live with every day."

Dan Lipinski, American Politician

Blood, Cure, Day, Disease

37

"I've got rock 'n' roll in my blood."

"I've got rock 'n' roll in my blood."

William Shatner, Canadian Actor

37

"I am innocent of the blood of this just person; see ye to it."

"I am innocent of the blood of this just person; see ye to it."

Pontius Pilate, Roman Politician

37

"There are two times of the year that stir the blood. In the fall, for the hunt, and now for lacrosse."

"There are two times of the year that stir the blood. In the fall, for the hunt, and now for lacrosse."

Oren Lyons, Jr., American Chief

Blood, Now, Oren Lyons, Jr.

37

"If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It's the ultimate hustle."

"If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It's the ultimate hustle."

Marlon Brando, American Actor

37

"Christ made the bread the sacrament of his body only: wherefore as the bread is no similitude of his blood, so am I not bound or ought to affirm, that his blood is there present."

"Christ made the bread the sacrament of his body only: wherefore as the bread is no similitude of his blood, so am I not bound or ought to affirm, that his blood is there present."

William Tyndale, English Clergyman

Blood, Body, Christ, Present

36

"I've got Disney blood running through my veins."

"I've got Disney blood running through my veins."

John Lasseter, American Director

Blood, Disney, Running

36

"A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood."

"A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood."

Austin O'Malley, American Physicist

36

"Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp."

"Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

Blood, Body, Mind

36

"If the guilt of sin is so great that nothing can satisfy it but the blood of Jesus; and the filth of sin is so great that nothing can fetch out the stain thereof but the blood of Jesus, how great, how heinous, how sinful must the evil of sin be."

"If the guilt of sin is so great that nothing can satisfy it but the blood of Jesus; and the filth of sin is so great that nothing can fetch out the stain thereof but the blood of Jesus, how great, how heinous, how sinful must the evil of sin be."

William Throsby Bridges, Australian Soldier

Blood, Evil, Guilt, Nothing

36

"I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon."

"I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon."

Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani Poet

Blood, Moon, Sky

36

"The masses don't shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals."

"The masses don't shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals."

Stokely Carmichael, American Activist

35

"Writing was like digging coal. I sweat blood. The spell is on me."

"Writing was like digging coal. I sweat blood. The spell is on me."

Zane Grey, American Author

35

"The Jew always lives from the blood of other peoples, he needs such murders and such sacrifices."

"The Jew always lives from the blood of other peoples, he needs such murders and such sacrifices."

Julius Streicher, German Soldier

35

"I don't see on television the kind of blood and guts and body parts blown apart that maybe you're referring to, but it certainly is in that BATMAN feature and I found it very offensive."

"I don't see on television the kind of blood and guts and body parts blown apart that maybe you're referring to, but it certainly is in that BATMAN feature and I found it very offensive."

Burt Ward, American Actor

Blood, Body, Television

35

"I spent four days and four nights just covered in blood, falling in the water."

"I spent four days and four nights just covered in blood, falling in the water."

Rider Strong, American Actor

35

"I bled a lot. I got hit across the face. We couldn't film for seven days. I got hit, whacked, underwater, across the face. I finished the shot, got into the boat and blood started coming out."

"I bled a lot. I got hit across the face. We couldn't film for seven days. I got hit, whacked, underwater, across the face. I finished the shot, got into the boat and blood started coming out."

Steve Irwin, Australian Scientist

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