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"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

16

"Want of pluck shows want of blood."

"Want of pluck shows want of blood."

Virgil, Roman Poet

16

"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

16

"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

16

"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

16

"The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood."

"The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood."

Otto von Bismarck, German Leader

Blood, Day, Decisions, Majority

16

$"Concentrated serum albumin fractionated from blood plasma was effective in battlefield treatment of shock."$

"Concentrated serum albumin fractionated from blood plasma was effective in battlefield treatment of shock."

Paul D. Boyer, American Scientist

Blood, Treatment

16

"I looked, and saw that Bob had entirely lost his left ear, and a large piece from his left cheek. His right eye was a little discoloured, and the blood flowed profusely from his wounds."

"I looked, and saw that Bob had entirely lost his left ear, and a large piece from his left cheek. His right eye was a little discoloured, and the blood flowed profusely from his wounds."

Augustus Longstreet, American Lawyer

Blood, Eye, Right, Wounds

16

"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

16

"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

16

"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

15

"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

15

"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

15

"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

15

"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

15

"A newspaper is a circulating library with high blood pressure."

"A newspaper is a circulating library with high blood pressure."

Arthur Baer, American Humorist

Blood, Pressure

15

"A lover may be a shadowy creature, but husbands are made of flesh and blood."

"A lover may be a shadowy creature, but husbands are made of flesh and blood."

Amy Levy, British Poet

Blood, Husbands, May

15

"The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed."

"The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed."

Tertullian, Roman Author

15

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

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

Bill Dana, American Comedian

14

"I'm forbidden fruit. Once you go to certain households, mommy doesn't want you to see that dirty man who sticks his tongue out and spits out blood and all that stuff."

"I'm forbidden fruit. Once you go to certain households, mommy doesn't want you to see that dirty man who sticks his tongue out and spits out blood and all that stuff."

Gene Simmons, American Musician

Blood, Forbidden, Man, Tongue

14

"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

14

"I wanted to be a doctor when I was little, so I'm okay with blood and guts."

"I wanted to be a doctor when I was little, so I'm okay with blood and guts."

Jennifer Lawrence, American Actress

14

"Nothing changes without blood flowing."

"Nothing changes without blood flowing."

Tom Metzger, American Celebrity

14

"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

14

"I think all the bad blood started when Geffen released a greatest hits package of my solo stuff."

"I think all the bad blood started when Geffen released a greatest hits package of my solo stuff."

Sammy Hagar, American Musician

14

"One of the jobs I had was cutting out the blood clots on a side of beef."

"One of the jobs I had was cutting out the blood clots on a side of beef."

Marg Helgenberger, American Actress

14

"The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission."

"The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission."

James A. Garfield, American President

Blood, May, Sin, Slavery

13

"You know you're old if they have discontinued your blood type."

"You know you're old if they have discontinued your blood type."

Phyllis Diller, American Comedian

13

"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

13

"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

13

"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

13

"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

13

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

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

William Shatner, Canadian Actor

13

"Raise your eyes and count the small gang of your oppressors who are only strong through the blood they suck from you and through your arms which you lend them unwillingly."

"Raise your eyes and count the small gang of your oppressors who are only strong through the blood they suck from you and through your arms which you lend them unwillingly."

Georg Buchner, German Dramatist

13

"I couldn't believe they were saying I put a horrible fake plastic bosom over scars I was trying to heal and keep it in place with a tight bra, which could stop my blood flow, just so I could fit into my clothes."

"I couldn't believe they were saying I put a horrible fake plastic bosom over scars I was trying to heal and keep it in place with a tight bra, which could stop my blood flow, just so I could fit into my clothes."

Koo Stark, American Actress

Blood, Clothes, Saying, Trying

13

"It's hard to think what should make your blood boil more - what happened to Billy Ray or what didn't happen to those who abused him. It's something we can't ignore."

"It's hard to think what should make your blood boil more - what happened to Billy Ray or what didn't happen to those who abused him. It's something we can't ignore."

Morris Dees, American Lawyer

13

"Aristotle 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 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, Thinking

13

"Chemists employed by the police can do remarkable things with blood. They can weave it into a rope to hang a man."

"Chemists employed by the police can do remarkable things with blood. They can weave it into a rope to hang a man."

Margery Allingham, English Writer

Blood, Man, Police, Remarkable

13

"We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language."

"We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language."

Joyce Carol Oates, American Novelist

Blood, Language, Memory

12

"The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood."

"The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood."

Buddha, Indian Leader

12

"Cord blood stem cell units have been shown to be a suitable alternative to adult bone marrow for the treatment of many diseases, including sickle cell anemia."

"Cord blood stem cell units have been shown to be a suitable alternative to adult bone marrow for the treatment of many diseases, including sickle cell anemia."

Nathan Deal, American Politician

Blood, Treatment

12

"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

12

"To tell an ally - who is shedding blood next to you - that you can't share information is a crime."

"To tell an ally - who is shedding blood next to you - that you can't share information is a crime."

David Warner, British Actor

Blood, Crime, Information

12

"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

12

"Here he tells us that the new birth is first of all 'not of blood'. You don't get it through the blood stream, through heredity. Your parents can give you much, but they cannot give you this."

"Here he tells us that the new birth is first of all 'not of blood'. You don't get it through the blood stream, through heredity. Your parents can give you much, but they cannot give you this."

E. Stanley Jones, American Theologian

Blood, First, Heredity, Parents

11

"They had to match blood type and meet all sorts of things I don't know about."

"They had to match blood type and meet all sorts of things I don't know about."

Shelley Fabares, American Actress

11

"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

11

"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

11

"Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day."

"Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day."

Charles Kingsley, English Clergyman

11

"I come from the place where I am thinking 'I have put my blood on the pages.'"

"I come from the place where I am thinking 'I have put my blood on the pages.'"

Albert Brooks, American Actor

Blood, Thinking

11

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