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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

5

"I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my X-ray and didn't find that I had eight more ribs than I should have or that my blood was the color green."

"I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my X-ray and didn't find that I had eight more ribs than I should have or that my blood was the color green."

Nicolas Cage, American Actor

5

"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

5

"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

4

"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

4

"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

4

"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

4

"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

4

"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

4

"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

4

"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

4

"Blood will tell, but often it tells too much."

"Blood will tell, but often it tells too much."

Don Marquis, American Poet

4

"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

4

"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

4

"Every gesture is a gesture from the blood, every expression a symbolic utterance... Everything is of the blood, of the senses."

"Every gesture is a gesture from the blood, every expression a symbolic utterance... Everything is of the blood, of the senses."

Henry Williamson, English Author

Blood, Expression, Senses

4

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

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

William Shatner, Canadian Actor

4

"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

4

"Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over him. And he'd say to me, 'Oh, go manicure your nails.'"

"Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over him. And he'd say to me, 'Oh, go manicure your nails.'"

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

4

"I went to school for about 2 years on a technical course, and I learned a lot. I learned about air mixture ratios and all the stuff; I learned how to draw blood."

"I went to school for about 2 years on a technical course, and I learned a lot. I learned about air mixture ratios and all the stuff; I learned how to draw blood."

Tom Araya, American Musician

Blood, School, Years

4

"Nothing changes without blood flowing."

"Nothing changes without blood flowing."

Tom Metzger, American Celebrity

4

"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

4

"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

4

"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

4

"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

4

"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

3

"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

3

"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

3

"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

3

"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

3

"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

3

"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

3

"The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood."

"The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood."

Ernst Moritz Arndt, German Poet

Blood, Land, Man

3

"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

3

"I have wondered sometimes if there are not perhaps some disadvantages in having really blue blood in one's veins, like grandmamma and me."

"I have wondered sometimes if there are not perhaps some disadvantages in having really blue blood in one's veins, like grandmamma and me."

Elinor Glyn, English Author

3

"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

3

"We have created a new demonstration program to allow families with a sick child who could be helped with a cord blood transplant from a sibling to bank cord blood from newborns should they decide to have another child."

"We have created a new demonstration program to allow families with a sick child who could be helped with a cord blood transplant from a sibling to bank cord blood from newborns should they decide to have another child."

Nathan Deal, American Politician

3

"Want of pluck shows want of blood."

"Want of pluck shows want of blood."

Virgil, Roman Poet

3

"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

3

"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

3

"The humble and meek are thirsting for blood."

"The humble and meek are thirsting for blood."

Joe Orton, English Playwright

3

"No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ."

"No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ."

Charles de Montesquieu, French Philosopher

3

"We are a conquering race. We must obey our blood and occupy new markets and if necessary new lands."

"We are a conquering race. We must obey our blood and occupy new markets and if necessary new lands."

Albert J. Beveridge, American Historian

3

"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

3

"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

3

"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

3

"I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give them the right to be."

"I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give them the right to be."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

Blood, Right, Sons, Will

3

"I am proud of my black roots and of the black blood that runs in my veins."

"I am proud of my black roots and of the black blood that runs in my veins."

Ryan Giggs, Welsh Athlete

3

"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

3

"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

3

"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

3

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