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"Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them!"

"Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them!"

Padraic Pearse, Irish Revolutionary

Blood, Horror, Nation, Slavery

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"Sometimes it's said that psychiatrists are doctors who are frightened by the sight of blood. I might have fallen into that category."

"Sometimes it's said that psychiatrists are doctors who are frightened by the sight of blood. I might have fallen into that category."

Robert Jay Lifton, American Psychologist

Blood, Doctors, Sight

17

"The humble and meek are thirsting for blood."

"The humble and meek are thirsting for blood."

Joe Orton, English Playwright

17

"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

17

"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

17

"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

17

"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

17

"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

17

"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

17

"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

16

"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

16

"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

16

"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

16

"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

16

"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

16

"Using adult stem cells drawn from bone marrow and umbilical cord blood system cells, scientists have discovered new treatments for scores of diseases and conditions such as Parkinson's disease, juvenile diabetes, and spinal cord injuries."

"Using adult stem cells drawn from bone marrow and umbilical cord blood system cells, scientists have discovered new treatments for scores of diseases and conditions such as Parkinson's disease, juvenile diabetes, and spinal cord injuries."

Nathan Deal, American Politician

Blood, Disease, Scientists

16

"A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood."

"A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood."

Jessica Savitch, American Journalist

15

"I think that at the supper I neither receive flesh nor blood, but bread and wine; which bread when it is broken, and the wine when it is drunken, put me in remembrance how that for my sins the body of Christ was broken, and his blood shed on the cross."

"I think that at the supper I neither receive flesh nor blood, but bread and wine; which bread when it is broken, and the wine when it is drunken, put me in remembrance how that for my sins the body of Christ was broken, and his blood shed on the cross."

Jane Grey, British Royalty

Blood, Body, Christ, Remembrance

15

"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

15

"What happens is that the system builds many inferior blood vessels in the eye to take the place of the vessels that are dying. And those blood vessels are not up to the task. And they bleed. They hemorrhage and they cover the eye inside with blood."

"What happens is that the system builds many inferior blood vessels in the eye to take the place of the vessels that are dying. And those blood vessels are not up to the task. And they bleed. They hemorrhage and they cover the eye inside with blood."

Mary Tyler Moore, American Actress

Blood, Dying, Eye

15

"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

15

"My organs are too powerful... I manufacture blood and fat too rapidly."

"My organs are too powerful... I manufacture blood and fat too rapidly."

Robert Baldwin, Canadian Politician

15

"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

15

"It means working harder to do the research but I don't really mind - I don't think I have what it takes to chase criminals through back alleys and wade through blood at crime scenes."

"It means working harder to do the research but I don't really mind - I don't think I have what it takes to chase criminals through back alleys and wade through blood at crime scenes."

Jeffery Deaver, American Writer

Blood, Crime, Mind, Research

15

"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

14

"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

14

"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

14

"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

14

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

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

Don Marquis, American Poet

14

"Nothing of any importance can be taught. It can only be learned, and with blood and sweat."

"Nothing of any importance can be taught. It can only be learned, and with blood and sweat."

Robert Anton Wilson, American Writer

Blood, Importance, Nothing

14

"It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme."

"It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme."

William Cowper, English Poet

14

"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

14

"Boxing is show-business with blood."

"Boxing is show-business with blood."

David Belasco, American Playwright

14

"I think there should be bad blood between all clubs."

"I think there should be bad blood between all clubs."

Earl Weaver, American Coach

14

"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

13

"Our nation's blood supply is safer than it's ever been, and it's getting safer as we speak."

"Our nation's blood supply is safer than it's ever been, and it's getting safer as we speak."

David Satcher, American Surgeon General

13

"Social democracy... is only the advance guard of the proletariat, a small piece of the total working masses; blood from their blood, and flesh from their flesh."

"Social democracy... is only the advance guard of the proletariat, a small piece of the total working masses; blood from their blood, and flesh from their flesh."

Rosa Luxemburg, Polish Activist

Blood, Democracy

13

"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

13

"So why sign your name in blood for more? It seemed like a sensible arrangement for me. I didn't sell large numbers of records and the record company paid advances they rarely recouped."

"So why sign your name in blood for more? It seemed like a sensible arrangement for me. I didn't sell large numbers of records and the record company paid advances they rarely recouped."

David Knopfler, British Musician

Blood, Company, Name, Numbers

13

"They are always telling us that Carolina Blue is not a color, that it is really Columbia blue or sky blue. But there is no bad blood amongst the teammates. All of our kidding is in good fun."

"They are always telling us that Carolina Blue is not a color, that it is really Columbia blue or sky blue. But there is no bad blood amongst the teammates. All of our kidding is in good fun."

Lorrie Fair, American Athlete

Blood, Fun, Sky

13

"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

13

"The mainstream media showed, for example, no blood and guts resulting from the 9/11 attacks."

"The mainstream media showed, for example, no blood and guts resulting from the 9/11 attacks."

Bruce Jackson, American Public Servant

Blood, Example, Media

13

"Also, we're all actually different blood types and we have one represented by each guy in the band."

"Also, we're all actually different blood types and we have one represented by each guy in the band."

Anthony Kiedis, American Musician

12

"In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must hate me now as a Jew. For that reason I am a true Russian."

"In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must hate me now as a Jew. For that reason I am a true Russian."

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian Poet

Blood, Hate, Now, Reason

11

"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

9

"One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very blood of thought!"

"One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very blood of thought!"

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

6

"All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood."

"All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

6

"What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?"

"What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?"

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

4

"To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood."

"To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

Blood, Deep, Delight

4

"I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it repulsive."

"I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it repulsive."

Dean Koontz, American Author

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